This archive report was first published on 4 July 2019.
July 4, 2019
Talks between Sudan's ruling generals and protest leaders have entered a second day, with the key issue of forming a new governing body still unresolved.
The two sides have been at odds over who should lead the new governing body, with the ruling military council insisting it should be a soldier.
The crisis began in April when the army ousted longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir, following widespread protests.
Since then, the ruling generals have resisted demonstrators' demands to hand power to a civilian administration.
On June 3, a deadly pre-dawn raid on a longstanding protest camp in Khartoum killed dozens of demonstrators and wounded hundreds.
At least 136 people have been killed across the country since the raid, according to doctors close to the umbrella protest movement, the Alliance for Freedom and Change.
Protest leaders have exerted pressure on the generals, calling for a mass protest on July 13, to be followed by a nationwide civil disobedience campaign a day later.
The campaign, if observed, would be the second such agitation since the June 3 raid.
