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Burning tires set by protesters produce black smoke on road 60, near Khartoum's army headquarters, in Khartoum, Sudan, Monday, June 3, 2019. Sudanese protest leaders say at least 13 people have been killed in the military's assault on the sit-in outside the military headquarters in the capital, Khartoum. The protesters have announced they are suspending talks with the military regarding the creation of a transitional government. (AP Photo)

The Latest: Sudan protesters say 40 killed since dispersal

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In this image made from video, Sudanese forces escort civilian in Khartoum, Sudan on Monday, June 3, 2019. Sudanese security forces moved against a protest sit-in camp in the capital Monday, witnesses and protest organizers said. Machine gun fire and explosions were heard and smoke rose from the area. Protest organizers said at least two people were killed.(AP Photo via AP video)

The Latest: Sudan’s military says it will call elections

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FILE - In this May 14, 2019, file photo, protesters pass makeshift barricades on their way to the sit-in outside the Sudanese military headquarters, in Khartoum, Sudan. Explosions and machine gunfire were heard in Sudan's capital early Monday, June 3, 2019, and troops blocked roads in an apparent move against a sit-in camp where protesters have demanded an end to military rule. An Associated Press journalist saw smoke rising from the area early Monday and civilians being detained. (AP Photo/File)

35 dead as Sudan troops move against democracy protesters

By BASSAM HATOUM and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Report says Sudan summons its envoy from Qatar

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FILE - In this May 2, 2019, file photo, Sudanese protesters wave national flags at the sit-in outside the military headquarters, in Khartoum, Sudan. The satellite news channel Al-Jazeera said Friday, May 31, 2019, that Sudan shut down its bureau, just as the country's military government warned that the Khartoum sit-in that help bring ruler Omar al-Bashir's ouster had &quot;become a threat to the revolution.&quot; (AP Photos/Salih Basheer, File)

Protesters in Sudan fear long-term sit-in could be dispersed

By OMAR AKOUR and NOHA ELHENNAWY - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 30, 2019 file photo, Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the deputy head of the military council, second right, speaks at a press conference in Khartoum, Sudan. Sudan's ruling military council is meeting with protesters on Sunday, May19, 2019, to discuss the country's political transition after talks were halted for three days while roads were cleared outside the main sit-in in the capital, Khartoum. (AP Photo)

Sudan protesters begin 2-day strike to press ruling military

By OMAR AKOUR and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

In this Sunday, May 26, 2019 photo made available Monday, May 27, by Ministry of Presidential Affairs, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, second right, receives Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al Burhan Abdelrahman, Head of transitional military council of Sudan, second left, with the presence of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, at the Presidential Airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Mohamed Al Hammadi/Ministry of Presidential Affairs via AP)

Sudan’s leading opposition party rejects strike call

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Sudanese protesters call for strike amid divisions with army

By OMAR AKOUR and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Islamists in Sudan rally in support of Islamic rule

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In this Saturday, May 18, 2019 photo, Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, better known as Hemedti, the deputy head of the military council that assumed power in Sudan after the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir, speaks to journalists in Khartoum, Sudan. At 44, he is the youngest member of the council. He says he refused orders from al-Bashir to fire on the protesters, and he praised them as recently as last weekend. (AP Photo)

Sudanese general’s path to power ran through Darfur

By SAMY MAGDY and JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 30, 2019 file photo, Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the deputy head of the military council, second right, speaks at a press conference in Khartoum, Sudan. As the uprising against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir gained strength, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia began reaching out to the military through secret channels to encourage his removal from power. (AP Photo)

Security agents attack Sudanese sit-ins, 5 killed in clashes

By BASSAM HATOUM and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 11, 2019 file photo, Sudanese celebrate after officials said the military had forced longtime autocratic President Omar al-Bashir to step down after 30 years in power in Khartoum, Sudan. As the uprising against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir gained strength, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia began reaching out to the military through secret channels to encourage his removal from power. They had long viewed al-Bashir as a problem because of his close ties to Islamists. (AP Photo, File)

The Latest: Sudan doctors say protesters wounded by military

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Protesters chant against military rule and demand the prosecution of former officials, at the Armed Forces Square, in Khartoum, Sudan, Sunday April 28, 2019. Sudanese protest leaders held talks with the ruling military council on Sunday after the military condemned an attack on an Islamist party close to President Omar al-Bashir, who was removed from power and jailed earlier this month. (AP Photos/Salih Basheer)

Islamists in Sudan cancel rally over fears of violence

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Sudanese protesters rally in the capital Khartoum on Friday, April 26, 2019. Islamists in Sudan long allied with ousted president Omar al-Bashir’s regime called Friday for a rally to support military-backed Islamic rule in the face of alleged attempts by protesters to abolish it. (AP Photo)

Sudanese protesters, military council say talks ‘fruitful’

By FAY ABUELGASIM and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, April 15, 2019 file photo, demonstraters rally near the military headquarters in Khartoum, Sudan. The Sudanese Professionals Association, SPA, an umbrella group of unions which led months of protests that eventually forced President Omar al-Bashir from power, says its revolution is far from over. The SPA says protesters will remain in the streets until the military hands power to a transitional civilian government. (AP Photo/Salih Basheer, File)

Q&A: Sudanese face uphill climb in unfinished revolution

By NOHA ELHENNAWY and JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, April 23, 2019, photo, Sudanese protesters crowd a train in the capital Khartoum. Sudanese activists were holding nationwide protests on Tuesday to press the military to hand over power to a civilian authority after the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir earlier this month.(AP Photo)

Sudan military says 3 members of ruling council resign

By FAY ABUELGASIM and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Sudanese protesters use their smartphones' lights during a protest outside the army headquarters in the capital Khartoum on Sunday, April 21, 2019. The organizers of Sudan's protests said Sunday they have suspended talks with the ruling military council because it has failed to meet their demands for an immediate transfer to a civilian government following the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir.(AP Photo)

Sudan’s army says holding talks with all political forces

By FAY ABUELGASIM and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 19, 2004 file photo, then Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir speaks to thousands of Sudanese in Nyala, capital of the country's southern Darfur state. Al-Bashir, driven from power in April 2019, and now languishing in a prison where his opponents were once jailed and tortured, is more vulnerable than ever to a decade-old international arrest warrant for war crimes committed in Darfur. But the military, which forced him from power after four months of mass protests, has said it will not extradite him to the International Criminal Court at the Hague. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf, File)

Darfur justice could prove elusive despite al-Bashir’s fall

By FAY ABUELGASIM and JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

Sudanese protesters chant slogans during a rally outside the army headquarters in Sudan's capital Khartoum on Saturday, April 20, 2019. Sudan's military ousted President Omar al-Bashir following four months of street protests against his rule, then appointed a military council it says will rule for no more than two years while elections are organized. Protesters fear the army, dominated by al-Bashir appointees, will cling to power or select one of its own to succeed him.(AP Photo)

The Latest: Sudan protesters halt talks with military

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Sudanese protesters chant slogans during a rally outside the army headquarters in Sudan's capital Khartoum on Saturday, April 20, 2019. Sudan's military ousted President Omar al-Bashir following four months of street protests against his rule, then appointed a military council it says will rule for no more than two years while elections are organized. Protesters fear the army, dominated by al-Bashir appointees, will cling to power or select one of its own to succeed him.(AP Photo)

Sudanese protesters suspend talks with military

By FAY ABUELGASIM and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press