Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the new chief of the military council in Sudan. He ordered the release of prisoners jailed by special emergency courts and lifted a night-time curfew. PHOTO | AFP
The United States on Thursday praised orders by Sudan's new military leader to free political prisoners and end a night curfew as it dispatched an envoy to Khartoum to encourage a transition to democracy.
Makila James, the deputy assistant secretary of state who is in charge of eastern Africa, will head to Khartoum this weekend, an official said.
