There has been no word yet from the army.
Reuters news agency, quoting unnamed sources, have reported that President Omar al-Bashir has stepped down and consultations are under way to set up a transitional council.
They are expected to make an important announcement anytime now on national television and radio as protests demanding the end of President Omar al Bashir’s rule enter the sixth consecutive day.
Huge crowds are still gathered outside the army headquarters in the capital Khartoum and they’ve vowed to leave only when the president resigns.
Patriotic songs have been playing on national radio and the main international airport is now closed.
Calls for a political transition have been gathering momentum.
There have been celebrations on the streets of Khartoum and calls for more people to join protesters gathered outside the army headquarters.
Sudan protesters march through Khartoum
As people in Sudan wait for an announcement on state television tens of thousands of people have been making their way to the main protest site in the capital, Khartoum.
Earlier the army deployed around the defence ministry and on main roads and bridges in Khartoum. State TV also interrupted its programming.
It comes after months of protests against President Omar al-Bashir and his government.
Thousands of Khartoum residents chanted “the regime has fallen” as they flooded the area around army headquarters in the Sudanese capital, reports AFP news agency.
They are still waiting for a statement from the army which was promised more than four hours ago.
“We are waiting for big news,” one protester told AFP from the sit-in.
“We won’t leave from here until we know what it is. But we do know that Bashir has to go,” the protester added, referring to President Omar al-Bashir who has been in power since 1989.
