Sudanese ruler, Omar al-Bashir has stepped down following an upsrising that spanned months. He is the second Arab ruler in two weeks to fall amid wide
Sudanese ruler, Omar al-Bashir has stepped down following an upsrising that spanned months. He is the second Arab ruler in two weeks to fall amid widespread demand for an end to corrupt and stagnant rulers after Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Meanwhile, there are consultations to form a military council to take over power after President Bashir stepped down.
Reports suggested the country’s autocratic leader, who is a pariah in many countries and is also wanted by the international war crimes tribunal for atrocities in Darfur, is under house arrest with several aides at the presidential palace.
Tens of thousands of jubilant Sudanese, including women carrying their children, were seen marching towards the military headquarters in the capital waving the national flag, singing and clapping. Omar al-Bashir ruled Sudan for 30 years, taking power in a 1989 coup.
Reports emerged that the airport in Khartoum had been seized, Mr Bashir and other senior officials had been arrested, and that a transitional council headed by defence minister, Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf had been formed, according to sources cited by Dubai-based Al-Arabiya.
