Breaking: President Omar Al-Bashir Of Sudan Resigns

Al-Bashir Forced To Resign

The President of Sudan, Omar Al-Bashir has on Thursday, stepped down and consultations are underway to install a transitional council, Naija News reports.

There have been protests by citizens of the North-Eastern country over Al-Bashir’s continued stay in power, leading up to his resignation in the early hours of Thursday.

BREAKING NEWS: #Sudan‘s Bashir has stepped down and consultations are under way to set up a transitional council – provincial minister to Al Hadath TV pic.twitter.com/WO4s6SoCUy

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This online platform reports Bashir had been holding onto power since leading a coup in 1989 when he became the country’s president.

He was then a Brigadier in the Army and had been in power for almost 30 years.