Sudanese Airport Opened; Civilian Talks Are Derailed
The new Sudanese military government reopened the international airport here Friday for the first time in more than a week, in the aftermath of the overthrow of President Jaafar Numeiri. However, talks on a transition to civilian rule hit a snag.
The field was shut down by a wave of general strikes on April 4. Two days later, Numeiri’s government was overthrown as he waited in Cairo for a return flight to Khartoum from the United States.
Talks between the new ruling military council and trade unions on a transition to civilian rule were unproductive Friday.
The 15-man military council that replaced Numeiri agreed Thursday to form a civilian-led cabinet to help run the country--in a one-year transition to elections and full civilian control, according to a spokesman for an alliance of unions and political parties.
The military council, headed by Gen. Abdul-Rahman Suwar Dahab, met again Friday with the alliance representing 41 unions and political parties to draw up a framework for a new Sudanese constitution.
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