Sudan military wants to cede power quickly - general


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  • Wednesday, 22 May 2019

FILE PHOTO: General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, head of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and deputy head of the Transitional Military Council (TMC) delivers an address after the Ramadan prayers and Iftar organized by Sultan of Darfur Ahmed Hussain in Khartoum, Sudan May 18, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/File Photo

CAIRO (Reuters) - Sudan's military wants to hand power to a democratically elected government as soon as possible in the tumultuous aftermath of former president Omar al-Bashir's overthrow, a prominent general said in an interview published on Wednesday.

"We got tired. We want to hand over power today not tomorrow," Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, deputy leader of the ruling military council, told Egypt's state newspaper Al Ahram.

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