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The African Union Peace and Security Council has withdrawn the membership of the Republic of Sudan from the continental body in a move geared at pressing the military to establish a Civilian-led Transitional Authority.
The Sudanese military has held on to power since the ousting of President Omar al-Bashir in April after months of protests against his authoritarian rule, but thousands of demonstrators have remained camped out in front of the army headquarters calling for the generals to surrender power to civilians.
Despite several initial breakthroughs, talks between the ruling military council that took power after Bashir’s ouster and protest leaders reached a deadlock over who should head a new governing body.
On Monday, security forces moved in to disperse the weeks-long rally outside the army headquarters, resulting in loss of many lives.
The African Union, while announcing Sudan's suspension said returning power to the civilian authority is the only way out of the current crisis.
The military authority and the opposition have issued contradictory death tolls from Monday’s raid on a protesters camp in the capital Khartoum.
While the opposition says the death toll has surpassed 100, Sudan’s health ministry on Thursday said 61 people were killed.
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