In Sudan, protest organisers presented demands including the creation of a civilian government in talks with the military rulers. Thousands of protesters remained encamped outside the Army headquarters in the capital Khartoum to keep up the pressure on a military council that took power after ousting veteran leader Omar al-Bashir on Thursday. According to a statement by the umbrella group leading the protests, the Alliance for Freedom and Change, a 10-member delegation held talks with the military council yesterday.

One of the alliance’s leaders, Omar al-Degier, said in the statement that the demands include restructuring the National Intelligence and Security Service.

The chief of the military council General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has vowed to dismantle the Bashir’s regime. However, he said the military council will rule the country for up to two years until elections.

Burhan took the oath of office on Friday after his predecessor General Awad Ibn Ouf stepped down just a day after the ouster of President Omar al-Bashir, who had swept to power in a coup in 1989.