Al Jazeera: After bloody attack, Sudan army scraps agreements with protesters
Ruling military council says it will hold elections within nine months as crackdown on protesters draws condemnation.
Sudan's Transitional Military Council (TMC) has decided to cancel all agreements with the main opposition coalition and will move ahead with elections to be held within nine months, its head has said.
The announcement by Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in the early hours of Tuesday came after security forces fired live ammunition to clear the main protest site outside the military headquarters in Khartoum, the focal point in the demonstrators' months-long struggle for civilian rule.
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WNU Editor: The opposition has responded .... Sudan: opposition rejects army's plan for snap elections (The Guardian). More here .... Sudanese opposition rejects military's transition plan after day of violence (Reuters).
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