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Sudan protesters call for civil disobedience

Khartoum - Sudanese Congress party said on Saturday that security forces arrested an opposition figure and two rebel leaders.

Pro-democracy protest leaders on Saturday called on Sudanese to take part in acts of civil disobedience in a bid to pressure the military to hand over power after the deadly break-up of their main sit-in in the capital of Khartoum earlier this week.
The call came a day after Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met separately with the ruling generals and the protest leaders in an effort to revive talks that were almost dead after the dispersal of the sit-in outside the military's headquarters on Monday.
Meanwhile, the Sudanese Congress party said on Saturday that security forces arrested an opposition figure and two rebel leaders.
The Sudanese Professionals' Association, which spearheaded protests that led the army to oust President Omar Al Bashir, said it accepted Ahmed as a mediator to resume negotiations with the military council but had a set of conditions before returning to the negotiating table.
Those conditions included establishing an independent internationally-backed body to investigate violence since Al Bashir was ousted by the military on April 11, and hold those responsible accountable.