Iran Press/Africa: Sudanese protest leaders have said they have accepted the creation of a civilian-majority governing body for a political transition in Sudan as proposed by an Ethiopian envoy.
The compromise blueprint suggests the creation of a 15-member governing body that would install a civilian administration - comprising eight civilians and seven members of the military, they said on Saturday, as cited by AFP news agency.
"We think that our acceptance of the proposal is a major leap towards meeting the goals of the revolution, which are freedom, peace and justice," protest leader Babiker Faisal told reporters in a brief statement, according to AFP.
"It will put the country on the right track to create the transitional period that would usher in sustainable democracy."
The ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) has yet to give its decision on the Ethiopian proposal.
The ruling generals and the leaders of the protest movement have been involved in a dispute for weeks over the form of the country's transitional government.
Of the eight civilians, seven will come from the umbrella protest movement, the Alliance for Freedom and Change (AFC), another protest leader Amjad Farid had told AFP earlier on Saturday.
Ethiopia has stepped up its efforts to resolve the political crisis in Sudan since the deadly June 3 dispersal of a long-running protest camp outside army headquarters in Khartoum
Sudan has been wracked by tensions between protest leaders and generals, who seized power after removing president Omar al-Bashir in April amid massive street demonstrations, and the situation was exacerbated after the crackdown that killed dozens and wounded hundreds.
Sudanese doctors linked to the protest movement said more than 118 people were killed in the June 3 raid, while the TMC has said 61 people were killed.
Witnesses said the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out the violence.
The crackdown came after talks between protest leaders and the generals failed to reach an agreement on the composition of a new ruling body and who should lead it - a civilian or soldier.
Days after the raid, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed led mediation efforts between the two sides.
In previous talks before the crackdown, protest leaders and the generals had agreed on a three-year transition period and to form a 300-member parliament, with two-thirds of legislators coming from the protest movement.
The generals have denied ordering the sit-in broken up, insisting they authorised only a limited operation to clear drug dealers from around the camp. 218/
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