SHAKE SUDAN
Aften. ‘ten days of violent demonstrations in October, Sudan continues to be affected by great instability. On November 8, General Ibrahim Abboud, who had been kept on as a figurehead by the new regime brought to power by the October demonstrations, ordered the arrest of seven army officers. He suspected them of sympathizing with the new regime. a
' The National Front appealed to the populace to demonstrate, For three days tens of thousands of people swept through the streets of Khartoum to protest any attempt of the Abboud gang to stage a comeback.. They demanded a purge of the armed forces and neayy. pun= ishment of .the.. ‘former military regime. a
‘The Rew government was completely paralyzed. On November 9. 3 the regime.arrested seven members of the dissolved Armed Forces Supreme Council. The gesture came too late. On November 15 the hated Abboud bowed to the inevitable and resigned,
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