Sudan's main protest group calls for a general strike
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Sudan's main protest group has called for a general strike after talks with the country's military rulers stalled on who will lead an agreed three-year transition. Protesters are demanding civilians head a new sovereign council which is meant to oversee a transition towards the democratic handover of power. The Sudanese Professionals Association says the army is still insisting on directing the transition and keeping a military majority on the council. The impasse has hit hopes of a quick recovery from the political turmoil that saw the end of former President Omar al-Bashir's nearly three-decade rule.
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