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Hundreds of protesters packed in a train arrived in Khartoum Tuesday from a city in central Sudan to join a sit-in in front of the army headquarters, demanding the resignation of military leaders.
Many protesters perched on the roof of the train, waving Sudanese flags as he was crossing Bahari station in northern Khartoum, before heading to the site of the protest, said a photographer from l & # 39; AFP.
Pbadengers, from the city of Atbara where the first demonstration against overthrown President Omar al-Bashir broke out on December 19, chanted "Freedom, Peace, Justice".
Crowds of supporters filled Bahari's train station for hours and waited along the tracks to greet the train, which stopped last in front of the army headquarters in central Khartoum. .
Calling for the revenge of the people killed during the reign of Bashir, the protesters chanted "blood for blood, we will not accept any compensation".
The protests in Atbara soon led to national demonstrations against the Bashir iron-fist regime, which eventually led to his ouster on 11 April by the army.
Under Bashir, officials said at least 65 people had been killed in demonstrable violence since December.
But the initial jubilation that followed the end of Bashir's reign, which lasted three decades, quickly turned to anger over the military council's plan to retain power for a two-year transition period.
Groups of journalists, doctors, engineers and veterinarians also marched Tuesday at the protest site in Khartoum, demanding the transfer of power to a civilian regime.
In eastern Sudan, hundreds of protesters took part in a sit-in in front of an army building in the border town of Kbadala, demanding that the leaders of the killing of protesters be translated in justice.
The protest leaders suspended talks with the military council, accusing him of being part of the regime set up by Bashir on Sunday.
On Monday night, the military council attempted to ease tensions, saying that the demands made by the Alliance for Freedom and Change, the coordinating group that runs the protest movement, were under way. 39; exam.
"The alliance has presented its proposal (…) which is currently being studied along with the visions of other political forces," spokesman Shamseddine Kabbashi told reporters.
He said the council "will communicate with everyone to find a common ground".
African leaders also called Tuesday for an emergency summit in Cairo to put in place a democratic transition in the next three months, the Egyptian presidency said.
They also urged the African Union to postpone the deadline, currently at the end of April, for the Sudanese military council to hand over power to a civilian authority or face a suspension of the regional bloc.
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