Fresh elections in nine months as unrest in Sudan continues

A day after 35 people were killed in an attack by the army on peaceful protestors, Sudan's Transitional Military Council (TMC) on Tuesday announced that it is scrapping all agreements with the opposition coalition and called for a fresh election in next nine months.

Khartoum (Sudan):With the unrest continuing in Sudan, Transitional Military Council (TMC) on Tuesday announced that it would hold a fresh election within nine months and scrap all agreements with the opposition coalition.

The decision came after the world countered the army after 35 peaceful protestors were killed in their attack.

"The military council decides to stop negotiating with the Alliance for Freedom and Change [group represented protesters in negotiations] and cancel what had been agreed on and to hold general elections within nine months," Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said in a statement.

In a bid to disperse the demonstrators sitting outside the military camp in the capital of Khartoum demo, Sudan army opened fire claiming lives of 35 people.

After a series of talks last month, Sudan's military has reached a power-sharing agreement with the opposition alliance for a three-year transition period before a civilian government is elected.

The army generals had initially insisted on a two-year transition period, while the protest leaders wanted four.