- Title: Timeline of Sudan's revolution and its bloody aftermath
- Date: 18th December 2019
- Summary: Funerals turn into a rally against the ruling military in the city of Omdurman, across the River Nile from Khartoum, with chants of "Blood for blood" a day after the million man march demonstrations. Members of the crowd told Reuters they came out after residents found the bodies of three young men riddled with bullets and dressed in civilian clothes close to the river early in the morning. OMDURMAN, SUDAN (FILE - JULY 1, 2019) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** PROTESTERS CARRYING BODIES AND CHANTING (Arabic): "Blood for blood." PROTESTERS CARRYING BODIES AND CHANTING (Arabic): "There is no God but Allah." PROTESTERS SITTING ON BACK OF TRUCK CARRYING BODY DRAPED IN SUDANESE FLAG TRUCK DRIVING ALONGSIDE MARCHING PROTESTERS Sudan's military rulers and the main opposition alliance meet at a Khartoum hotel to restart talks over who should lead Sudan toward elections. The African Union envoy to Sudan, Mohamed El Hacen Lebatt, announced the prisoner release to journalists in Khartoum. KHARTOUM, SUDAN (FILE - JULY 3, 2019) (REUTERS) MEMBERS OF TMC, FORCES OF FREEDOM AND CHANGE OPPOSITION ALLIANCE (FFC), ETHIOPIAN AND AFRICAN UNION (AU) MEDIATORS SEATED AT TABLE GENERAL MOHAMED HAMDAN DAGALO (POPULARLY KNOWN AS HEMEDTI) SITTING IN THE CENTRE MEMBERS OF FORCES OF FREEDOM AND CHANGE SITTING AFRICAN UNION MEDIATOR, MOHAMED EL HACEN LEBATT (SECOND FROM LEFT), SITTING NEXT TO ETHIOPIAN MEDIATORS MEETING IN PROGRESS Two days later, Sudan's ruling military council and a coalition of opposition and protest groups reach an agreement to share power during a transition period leading to elections, setting off street celebrations by thousands of people. KHARTOUM, SUDAN (FILE - JULY 5, 2019) (REUTERS) MEMBERS OF THE TMC AND FORCES OF FREEDOM AND CHANGE (FFC) WALKING THROUGH CORRIDOR DAGALO WALKING INTO ROOM / DAGALO STANDING NEXT TO LEBATT DAGALO STANDING NEXT TO MEMBER OF FFC AND LEBATT CAMERA OPERATOR FILMING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DEPUTY HEAD OF SUDAN'S TRANSITIONAL MILITARY COUNCIL, MOHAMED HAMDAN DAGALO, SAYING: "We thank the African and Ethiopian mediators for their efforts and patience. We also thank our brothers in the Forces for Freedom and Change for the good spirit. We would like to reassure all political forces, armed movements and all those who participated in the change from young men and women that this agreement will be comprehensive and will not exclude anyone, and will also reach up to the ambitions of the Sudanese people and its pure revolution." DAGALO SHAKING HANDS WITH PARTICIPANTS
- Embargoed: 1st January 2020 03:04
- Keywords: Declaration of Freedom and Change Forces June 3 massacre Military Transitional Council President Omar al-Bashir Sudan revolution TMC protests
- Location: ATBARA, OMDURMAN, KHARTOUM, SAID TO BE KASSALA AND UNKNOWN LOCATION, SUDAN
- City: ATBARA, OMDURMAN, KHARTOUM, SAID TO BE KASSALA AND UNKNOWN LOCATION, SUDAN
- Country: Sudan
- Topics: Government/Politics,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA00UBADTGZR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
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