Sudan has witnessed rapid developments in the past hours, as politicians talked about initiatives to get out of the current crisis, while the official television announced that the Army Commander, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, had dismissed Attorney General Mubarak Mahmoud from his post, in addition to 7 senior public prosecutors in the country.
Reuters quoted Sudanese politicians as saying that they had submitted a proposal to give the ousted Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok full executive powers, and to appoint a government of technocrats, and indicated that this proposal represented the main settlement being discussed.
Meanwhile, Sudanese television announced that the army chief had relieved Attorney General Mubarak Mahmoud of his post, and had ended his service in the Public Prosecution.
Sources in the Sudanese army command told Al-Jazeera that Al-Burhan issued a decision to exempt 7 senior prosecutors in the country, and also directed the re-arrest of all those released by the Sudanese Attorney General Mubarak Mahmoud, who dismissed him hours ago.
Al-Burhan had dismissed a number of officials - including diplomats - from their posts, since his announcement last Monday, October 25, that he dissolved the Council of Ministers and the Sovereignty and imposed a state of emergency.
Al-Burhan relieved the Public Prosecutor and 7 senior prosecutors in the country (European)
A few hours before this decision, the authorities released Ibrahim Ghandour, head of the dissolved National Congress Party, the party of former President Omar al-Bashir.
Meanwhile, the Sudanese army chief was quoted as saying that a new government would soon be announced in Sudan.
For his part, Al-Taher Abu Haja, media advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, said that the course correction that occurred on October 25 is a watershed stage.
Abu Haja also stressed that after this date, no party will be allowed to exploit the transitional period to achieve a narrow partisan agenda that does not accommodate major national goals, as he put it.
On the other hand, a spokesman for the ousted Sudanese government said that the release of the staff of the former regime reveals the political orientations of the coup, and that the release of the dissolved National Congress Party leader is a setback for the law.
Invitations to escalate
Protesters against the army commander's decisions continued to close some roads in Khartoum, and professional gatherings called for an escalation of the protest, in the wake of UN and African efforts to mediate between the Sudanese parties.
A day after the "October 30 Million", in which crowds of demonstrators came out in the capital and several cities across the country to demand an end to "military rule", the police announced the opening of all bridges in Khartoum state, except for the Blue Nile Bridge and the White Nile Bridge.
A spokesman for the Sudanese police said that calm prevailed in the capital, and appealed to citizens to abide by the traffic through the working bridges.
Al-Jazeera correspondent said that the army, police and rapid support forces are still heavily deployed at the entrances to bridges and government institutions, and in the vicinity of the Republican Palace, the headquarters of the Army's General Command, and the Council of Ministers headquarters.
He added that the city is witnessing a slight traffic movement, while protesters are still blocking some main and secondary roads.
Victims of the protests
In the meantime, the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors published a new census of the total victims of the protests since the announcement of the army chief, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, last Monday (October 25) to dissolve the Council of Ministers and the Sovereignty and impose a state of emergency.
The committee said that 3 people were killed by direct gunfire in Omdurman during the "Million of October 30", and others died in the last hours of their injuries during the past days, bringing the total number of deaths to 12 people, while the injuries amounted to 167 cases, including gunshot injuries. fractures and suffocation.
For its part, the Sudanese Teachers Committee called - in a statement - all teachers to engage in a strike in all states of Sudan, starting today, Sunday.
In the same context, the Sudanese Bankers Association announced the continuation of the strike and disobedience in all banks.
In parallel with this movement, efforts are being made to mediate between the Sudanese parties in order to return to the path of the transitional period.
Al-Jazeera correspondent said that the advisor to the President of the State of South Sudan for security affairs, Tut Qilwak, met with the commander of the Sudanese army, Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan, in Khartoum today.
Qilwak arrived carrying a message from President Salva Kiir Mayardit regarding the necessity of finding a means for dialogue between the various political trends in Sudan.
Galwak - who is the head of mediation in the Juba Agreement for Peace in Sudan - expressed President Mayardit's concern about the developments in Sudan.
A discussion with Hamdok
Earlier, the United Nations Special Envoy for Sudan Volker Peretz visited the ousted Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok and discussed with him the possibilities of resolving the current crisis.
Peretz said in a tweet on Twitter that he discussed with Hamdok "mediation options and ways to move forward in Sudan."
The UN envoy added that Hamdok is in good health, but he is still under house arrest.
A source told Al-Jazeera that Hamdok is under house arrest in his residence in the suburb of Kafoury with his wife, and that they have been stripped of the telephone service and visits are not allowed except in a narrow framework, and the phones are reserved for those who are allowed to visit him.