Sudan military council accepts resignations of three of its members

Sudan's Transitional Military Council said on Tuesday that it had accepted the resignations of three of its members, after the Sudanese Professionals' Association (SPA), the main protest organiser had demanded that the three be dismissed. The SPA accused them of involvement in a crackdown that killed dozens of protesters.

The members, who resigned last week, include Lieutenant-General Omar Zain al-Abideen, Lieutenant-General Jalal al-Deen al-Sheikh and Lieutenant-General Al-Tayeb Babakr Ali Fadeel. The SPA says the head of the military council's political committee and its chief negotiator, Lt. Gen. Omar Zain al-Abdin, was the head of al-Bashir's party within the military and "is trying to bring back the deposed regime."

Sudan's military ousted Bashir on April 11 and formed a transitional military council to run the country for up to two years before elections. Bashir and some other former senior officials have been jailed, and the military council has announced a series of anti-corruption measures, but protesters are pushing for faster, deeper change.