Pro-military protesters call for dissolution of Sudan’s gov’t

Protests have been staged since Saturday amid a deepening rift between military and civil rule backers.

Thousands of protesters have staged a sit-in calling on the military to dissolve Sudan’s transitional government, as the country grapples with the biggest crisis since the end of Omar al-Bashir’s government two years ago.

Military-aligned demonstrators gathered outside the usually off-limits gates of the Presidential Palace in Khartoum on Monday, setting up tents at the intersection of two of the capital’s main arteries.

The rally was called for by a coalition of rebel groups and political parties that support Sudan’s military and have accused the civilian political parties of mismanagement and monopolising power.