The Sudanese Professional Association, which has organized months of mass protests calling for Al Bashir’s fall has distanced itself from this say, saying it will only accept a civilian transitional administration.

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The Sudanese Army’s named Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf as head of the transitional council.

There’s no word of the whereabouts of President Omar Al Bashir.

Security authorities will be at pains to keep him out of the clutches of the International Criminal Court where he has been indicted for war crimes in Darfur.

Saudi Arabia and Egypt have both offered him asylum.

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The announcement comes from General Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf, who was recently appointed Defense Minister by Al Bashir.

Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf says a military council will take control of Sudan for two years after which elections will be held.

It follows months of protests that escalated at the weekend when demonstrators began a sit-in outside the defence ministry compound in central Khartoum.

Ibn Auf said for a long time, examining what’s going on in the state and the corruption that is going on the poor are poorer and the rich are still rich and there are no equal chances for the same people.

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