Sudan’s pro-democracy movement and ruling military council signed a final power-sharing agreement Saturday at a ceremony in the capital, Khartoum, after weeks of tortuous negotiations. The historic deal paves the way for a transition to a civilian-led government after the military overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir months ago and the more recent deadly suppression of protests. Earlier this month, the two sides initialed a constitutional document in the wake of international pressure and amid growing concerns the political crisis that followed al-Bashir’s ouster could ignite civil war. Mr Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of the military council, called the signing a “victorious…

Federal Government may bar the leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, from other overseas treatment. Following reports of IMN leader’s alleged moves to internationalise his agitations and unruly behaviour in India, it was learnt that Federal Government might take into account security reports it already had on the IMN leader which indicated he planned to consolidate foreign support for his group. Top security officials confirmed that El-Zakzaky’s attitude and activities during his visit to India only confirmed intelligence reports the government already had on the embattled Shiite leader. A top intelligence officer told one of our correspondents on…