Sudan: Opposition rejects offer of talks from country's military council

In Sudan, opposition activists have rejected the offer of talks from the country's military council, even as the death toll since a violent dispersal of a protest camp touched 100. 

Activists said, council cannot be trusted amid a violent crackdown on protesters in the capital, Khartoum.

On the other hand, the deputy head of the military council, Mohammed Hamadan, defended the violent suppression, claiming that the protesters had been infiltrated by rogue elements and drug dealers.

Meanwhile, the United Nations has said it is relocating some of its staff from Sudan. UN spokeswoman, Eri Kanekosaid, non-programme-critical staff is being relocated, while all operations continue in country.

However, no details were provided on the number of staffers leaving



Khartoum.

Sudan has been engulfed in turmoil since security forces on Monday violently broke up a weeks-long sit-in by protesters demanding an end to military rule. 

A military council controls the country since pro-democracy protests in April led to the end of 30 years of authoritarian rule of President Omar al-Bashir.

Meanwhile US has called on Sudan's military rulers to desist from violence and urged to resume talks with protesters. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement, the US condemns the recent attacks on protesters in Sudan. She said that Senior Department officials are engaging with officials in the region adding that US welcome the recent statements from the African Union, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia calling for restraint from violence and resumption of dialogue.