Sudan’s coup leader says the military will step aside. But no one believes him.

The Sudanese general who led a military coup late last year, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, said he wants to see a transition to civilian rule. But the offer was promptly rejected by the political opposition. To find out why, host Marco Werman speaks with Dalia Abdel Moneim, a Sudanese activist in the capital Khartoum.

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