Sudan opposition rejects deadline for handover of power

KHARTOUM, SUDAN - APRIL 24 : Members of the Freedom and Change Charter Fatih Huseyin (R), Siddiq Farouk Al-Sheikh (2nd R), Omar el-Degeir (C), Muawia Shaddad (2nd L) and Ayman Khalid (L) give press conference in Khartoum, Sudan, April 24, 2019. Sudanese opposition groups on Wednesday rejected a proposal by the African Union (AU) to give Sudans ruling Military Transitional Council (MTC) a three-month deadline for handing over power to a civilian authority. Opposition leaders rejected the proposal at the joint press conference held in Khartoum by representatives of the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), the opposition National Consensus and Sudan Appeal parties, and a handful of civil-society organizations. (Photo by Omer Erdem/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)