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		</div><p>Sudan’s military has arrested President Omar al-Bashir, ousting him from power in the wake of escalating protests against his 30-year rule.</p>
<p>The defence minister said the military will rule the country for the next two years with an emergency clampdown.</p>
<p>The military control risks inflaming protesters.</p>
<p>Tens of thousands of Sudanese converged throughout the day at the protest movement’s main sit-in outside the military’s General Command Headquarters in Khartoum, cheering, singing and dancing after word emerged in the morning that Mr al-Bashir would be removed.</p>
<figure id="attachment_129948" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-129948" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/BF043619-E31D-4FFA-B4F9-E409D84EFA3E.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-129948" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/BF043619-E31D-4FFA-B4F9-E409D84EFA3E.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="338" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-129948" class="wp-caption-text">Thousands have taken to the streets to celebrate Omar al-Bashir’s removal</figcaption></figure>
<p>But the announcement that finally came appeared to confirm the fears of many protesters that the military would shrug off demands for a civilian transition.</p>
<p>Defence minister Awad Mohammed Ibn Ouf appeared on state TV in military fatigues and announced that the military has removed and arrested Mr al-Bashir.</p>
<p>He said a military council decided on by the army, intelligence agencies and security apparatus will rule for two years, after which “free and fair elections” will take place.</p>
<p>The minister also announced that the military has suspended the constitution, dissolved the government, declared a state of emergency for three months, closed the country’s borders and airspace and imposed a night curfew for one month.</p>
<figure id="attachment_129951" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-129951" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/9220B5FE-F825-4430-8279-6467DD0ED0F8.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-129951" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/9220B5FE-F825-4430-8279-6467DD0ED0F8.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="450" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-129951" class="wp-caption-text">Protesters have been celebrating in Khartoum</figcaption></figure>
<p>Earlier in the day, protest leaders had said they were in talks with the military over a transition and said they would not accept a military coup, vowing to continue their sit-in and rallies unless a civilian body controlled the transition.</p>
<p>Mr al-Bashir came to power in a 1989 coup, leading an alliance of the military and Islamist hardliners.</p>
<p>Over the course of his rule, he was forced to allow the separation of South Sudan and became a pariah in many countries, wanted by the international war crimes tribunal for atrocities in Darfur.</p>
<p>The protests that erupted in December have been the biggest challenge to his rule.</p>
<p>Security forces responded from the start with a fierce crackdown that killed dozens.</p>
<figure id="attachment_129954" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-129954" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12489A93-4969-439C-A669-EAB959752AF5.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-129954" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12489A93-4969-439C-A669-EAB959752AF5.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="338" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-129954" class="wp-caption-text">Many waved flags and sang and danced</figcaption></figure>
<p>Mr al-Bashir had banned unauthorised public gatherings and granted sweeping powers to the police since imposing a state of emergency in February.</p>
<p>Security forces have used tear gas, rubber bullets, live ammunition and batons against demonstrators.</p>
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