\n The launch on Saturday of a historic transition to civilian rule in Sudan comes eight months after the start of popular protests, in which more than 250 were killed.\n<\/p>\n
\n A timeline:\n<\/p>\n
\n - Bread prices -\n<\/p>\n
\n Protests erupt on December 19, 2018, against a government decision to triple bread prices.\n<\/p>\n
\n They quickly spread in the form of weekly demonstrations, and morph into demands for President Omar al-Bashir to quit after three decades of iron-fisted rule.\n<\/p>\n
\n In the capital Khartoum on December 20, demonstrators take to the streets chanting \"freedom, peace, justice\".\n<\/p>\n
\n On April 6, 2019, thousands gather outside army headquarters in Khartoum, staying there for six days to plead for the military's support.\n<\/p>\n
\n On April 11, military authorities announce they have removed Bashir from power and that a transitional military council will govern for two years.\n<\/p>\n
\n Defying a month-long curfew, thousands of demonstrators remain camped in front of army headquarters as the protest movement demands power be handed to a civilian government.\n<\/p>\n
\n Talks between ruling generals and protest leaders end abruptly on May 20 without an accord on the make-up of a joint civilian-military council to govern during a transition.\n<\/p>\n
\n Thousands of public and private sector workers strike on May 28 and 29 to pressure the military leaders.\n<\/p>\n
\n In late May, military council chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visits Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, countries wary of popular uprisings in the region.\n<\/p>\n
\n - Bloody crackdown -\n<\/p>\n
\n On June 3, armed men in military fatigues move in on the protest camp outside army headquarters and disperse thousands still gathered there.\n<\/p>\n
\n It is the start of a crackdown that lasts several days, in which 127 people are killed, according to doctors close to the demonstrators.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a feared paramilitary which sprang from the notorious Janjaweed militia accused by rights groups of committing war crimes in Darfur, is blamed for the violence. The military rulers announce a probe.\n<\/p>\n
\n The military scraps all previous agreements with protest leaders for a transition and calls for elections within nine months.\n<\/p>\n
\n Protesters denounce a putsch.\n<\/p>\n
\n On June 9, protest leaders launch a nationwide campaign of civil disobedience that paralyses the country for two days, hitting the economy hard.\n<\/p>\n
\n After both sides signal they are ready to talk again, Ethiopia and African Union mediators in late June present new proposals for a transition.\n<\/p>\n
\n On June 30, tens of thousands of protesters again rally. Security forces are deployed en masse and police fire tear gas at crowds. Several are killed.\n<\/p>\n
\n - Power deal agreed -\n<\/p>\n
\n On July 5, after two days of negotiations, the two sides agree in principle on an accord providing for power-sharing before transition to civilian rule.\n<\/p>\n
\n Crowds take to the streets of Khartoum to celebrate.\n<\/p>\n
\n On July 29, six demonstrators, including four school students, are shot dead during a rally in the central town of Al-Obeid against shortages of bread and fuel. Negotiations are suspended, before resuming on August 1.\n<\/p>\n
\n On August 4, the military and protest leaders sign a declaration, under which a joint civilian-military ruling body will govern for a 39-month transition period, overseeing the formation of a civilian government and parliament.\n<\/p>\n
\n On August 15, veteran economist Abdalla Hamdok is nominated as prime minister of the future transition government.\n<\/p>\n
\n The next day, Qatari broadcaster Al-Jazeera says it has been allowed to reopen its Khartoum office, which had been shut down in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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