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KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Sudan on Thursday announced the imminent end of a state of emergency across most of the giant country and began releasing political prisoners, including the leading Islamic opposition figure, in moves that prepare the ground for a handover to a transitional government with former rebels.
Sudan has been under a state of emergency for 16 years — ever since President Omar el-Bashir seized power in the largest country in Africa.
The emergency will not be lifted in Darfur, the western region where a rebellion and counterinsurgency has created one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, and the eastern Red Sea and Kassala states, where there have been occasional anti-government violence and protests.
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