Sudan protesters vow to continue 'revolution' after Bashir ousting
Khartoum - Sudan's army has ousted veteran president Omar al-Bashir, but protestors against his iron-fisted rule denounced a "coup" and thousands rallied outside army headquarters as a night-time curfew kicked in.
State television later broadcast footage of him taking the oath to become head of the council, alongside his new deputy, army chief of staff Lieutenant General Kamal Abdelmarouf. Alaa Salah, who has become an icon of the protest movement after a video of her leading demonstrators' chants went viral, said that "change will not happen with Bashir's entire regime hoodwinking Sudanese civilians through a military coup".
The opposition Sudanese Congress Party called for the establishment of a joint military and civilian council to rule for a four-year transitional period.UN chief Antonio Guterres called for a transition that would meet the "democratic aspirations" of the Sudanese people and appealed for "calm and utmost restraint by all", his spokesman said.
But the rebel Sudan Liberation Army fighting government forces in Darfur denounced what it called a "palace coup".
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