Sudan risks counter coup without deal on transition

KHARTOUM, Apr 25 (Reuters): Sudan could face a counter coup if military rulers and the opposition do not reach agreement on a transition of power, leading opposition figure Sadiq al-Mahdi said on Thursday.
Mahdi said he believed Sudan's military council would hand over power to civilians if the current stalemate were broken. He also said he would consider running for president only in an election, not during the transition period.
"I think their intentions are good," he said of the army generals who toppled President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on April 11, three decades after he himself seized power in a coup, and then formed the Transitional Military Council (TMC).