KHARTOUM, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Chairman of Sudan's Transitional Military Council Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan on Saturday cancelled the curfew in the country.

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"We announce the cancellation of the curfew and release of all the people tried by the emergency law," said Al-Burhan in a statement aired live by official Sudan TV.

Al-Burhan further declared relieving of all states military governors and assigning the commanders of the military areas in the states to run the work.

He voiced the commitment to form a two-year transitional government to run the affairs of the country.