This archive report was first published on 4 August 2019.
On August 4, 2019, Sudan took a significant step towards civilian rule as the military and protest leaders signed a landmark power-sharing deal.
The agreement, which builds on a July 17 power-sharing deal, provides for a joint civilian-military ruling body to oversee the formation of a transitional civilian government and parliament to govern for a three-year transition period.
Protest movement leader Ahmed Rabie and the deputy head of the ruling military council, General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, signed the declaration at a ceremony attended by African Union and Ethiopian mediators.
"We turned a tough page of Sudan's history by signing this agreement," Daglo said in a speech, flashing a victory sign.
Thousands of jubilant Sudanese took to the streets of the capital to celebrate when the deal was announced before dawn, with demonstrators hailing victory in their struggle for a new Sudan.
"For us, the revolution succeeded now and our country set foot on the road towards civilian rule," said 25-year-old Ahmed Ibrahim.
Doctors linked to the protest umbrella group, the Alliance for Freedom and Change, say a total of more than 250 people have been killed in protest-related violence since December.
