Military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan says that he and his forces seized power in an attempt to avoid a civil war in Sudan, saying that "the dangers we witnessed last week could have led the country into civil war". Meanwhile, anti-coup protests occur across the country.
/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/T757JB4SSNMCNO7VDARRFBTEWY.jpg "Sudan's Burhan says army ousted government to avoid civil war © Reuters")