{"id":19846,"date":"2019-04-12T10:47:46","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T02:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=19846"},"modified":"2019-04-12T10:47:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T02:47:48","slug":"us-urges-sudan-army-to-bring-civilians-into-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=19846","title":{"rendered":"US urges Sudan army to bring civilians into government"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/US-urges-Sudan-army-to-bring-civilians-into-government.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/US-urges-Sudan-army-to-bring-civilians-into-government.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>WASHINGTON, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The United States urged<br>Sudan\u2019s army to bring civilians into government after ousting veteran leader Omar al-Bashir, saying an announced two-year timeline was too long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington calls \u201con transitional authorities to exercise restraint and to<br>allow space for civilian participation within the government,\u201d State<br>Department spokesman Robert Palladino told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His comments came after Sudan\u2019s army announced \u201cthe toppling of the<br>regime,\u201d to be replaced by a transitional military council, but there was<br>growing international pressure for a handover to civilian rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Sudanese people should determine who leads them and their future and the Sudanese people have been clear and are demanding a civilian-led<br>transition,\u201d Palladino said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe United States position is the Sudanese people should be allowed to do<br>so sooner than two years from now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States had been trying to mend relations with Sudan after years<br>of tension with Bashir, who seized power in a 1989 coup and hosted Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who stayed until 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palladino said that the United States was \u201csuspending\u201d the so-called Phase<br>II talks, in which Washington was considering removing Khartoum from the US blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism, but he added: \u201cWe remain open to engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bashir remains wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes in the western Darfur region that Washington has described as genocide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palladino said that the United States supported accountability on Darfur<br>but declined to specify whether Bashir \u2014 or the coup leader, Defense<br>Minister Awad Ibnouf \u2014 should face extradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe believe that the victims of Darfur deserve justice and that<br>accountability is essential for achieving a stable and lasting peace in<br>Darfur,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe United States continues to call for those responsible for the horrific<br>crimes that were committed in Darfur to be held accountable for those<br>actions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also Thursday the State Department raised to the highest level its travel<br>advisory for Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDo not travel,\u201d it warned, after ordering the departure of non-emergency<br>US government employees from the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is a national state of emergency in effect across Sudan, which gives<br>security forces greater arrest and incarceration powers,\u201d the advisory said. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The United States urgedSudan\u2019s army to bring civilians into government after ousting veteran leader Omar al-Bashir, saying an announced two-year timeline was too long. Washington calls \u201con transitional authorities to exercise restraint and toallow space for civilian participation within the government,\u201d StateDepartment spokesman Robert Palladino told reporters. 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