African Union mediator to Sudan, Mohamed El-Hassan Labat, announced that the Transitional Military Council and the opposition alliance President «Forces of Freedom and Change» agreed on a constitutional document paving the way for the formation of a transitional government, and the two parties will continue their meetings of the technical arrangements for the organization of the formal signing of the document, Which was agreed upon after weeks of protracted negotiations brokered by the African Union and Ethiopia amid sporadic violence in the capital Khartoum and other cities.

Sudan has been in a state of political turmoil since the army overthrew former President Omar al-Bashir in April, killing dozens of demonstrators in street protests. After the news of the agreement, Sudanese citizens gathered on the main Nile Street in Khartoum, chanting their horns and chanting " We won, "others chanted the national anthem.

The alliance of the forces of the Declaration of Freedom and Change welcomed the agreement, calling it a first step that would be followed, and pledged to complete the march to "freedom, peace and justice" in Sudan.

In a press conference yesterday at the Friendship Hall of Conferences in Khartoum, Ethiopian mediator Mahmud Dreir said that representatives of the parties (the pro-democracy civil groups and the military) would continue talks on the technical arrangements for the agreement, and legal and technical teams A time frame for the declaration's entry into force and the appointment of the transitional government. The Sudanese journalists in the conference hall chanted and rejoiced to reach agreement, while some chanted slogans of "civilian civil" characteristic of the protest movement.

"We agreed on sensitive issues related to security and the independence of the judiciary, the powers of the Council of Ministers and the sovereign council, which are important issues for the state's civilization," Ibrahim al-Amin, a freedom and change negotiator, told AFP.

"The agreement on the constitutional declaration means for us the beginning of the establishment of the transitional authority, the implementation of the program of political and economic reform and the start of the transitional phase," said the negotiator Omar al-Deqir. "This is a difficult stage for all Sudanese to be partners in.

After the conference, dozens gathered outside the Friendship Hall on the banks of the Blue Nile, in the center of Khartoum, waving flags of their country, and calling "civilian civilian" and "Blood with blood we do not accept blood money." A draft of the constitutional document, seen by Reuters, indicated that the GID would be under the supervision of the government and the Sovereign Council, which would govern the country in the transitional period, while the rapid support forces would follow the general command of the armed forces.

"The priority for the transitional government, during its first six months in power, will be to work for peace in the context of the activity of a number of armed groups in southern and western Sudan," said Shati al-Haj, the negotiator for the forces of freedom and change.

It was supposed to hold these negotiations, last Tuesday, but was postponed until Thursday evening, after the killing of six demonstrators shot, including four students in the city of White, North Kordofan state, and the situation worsened after the killing of four demonstrators, last Thursday, in Omdurman, during large rallies called The protest movement, condemning the events of the White, amid intense anger in the country, while arrested seven members of the rapid support and dismissal from military service and handed over to the judicial authorities, for their involvement in the bloody events. For its part, welcomed the League of Arab States agreement on the text of the constitutional document in the Sudan, and considered an official source in the Secretariat of the Arab League, in a press statement yesterday, that this consensus on the transitional constitutional document would launch, after signing, a new phase and important coincides with The implementation of what the Sudanese people aspire to democratic civil rule, and the achievement of comprehensive peace throughout the country.

The Arab Parliament welcomed the agreement on the constitutional document. The speaker of the parliament, Dr. Meshaal bin Fahm al-Salami, considered the agreement an important step towards achieving the requirements of the transitional period.

«Freedom and Change»: «an agreement on sensitive issues related to security and independence of the judiciary, and the powers of the Council of Ministers and the sovereign council».

7 months of the political crisis in Sudan

• 2018

■ December 19

The protest movement was born because of the rising price of bread and the economic crisis.

• 2019

■ January to April

The demonstrations continued for several months, many of which were marked by clashes with security.

■ April 6

A sit-in outside the headquarters of the army's general command to demand a change in the political system.

■ April 11

The army ousts President Omar al-Bashir after he ruled the country for 30 years.

■ 28 and 29 May

General strike to pressure the military junta.

■ June 3

The sit-in of the General Command killed more than 100 people.

■ July 5

Agreement between the "military" and "freedom and change" over the transitional period.

■ July 17

The leaders of the protest and the "military" signed the political declaration in initials.

■ July 29

Suspension of negotiations after six demonstrators were shot dead, including four students.

■ First August

The resumption of negotiations after the arrest of nine of the rapid support forces.

■ August 3

African mediation announces agreement between the two parties on the constitutional document.