CAIRO: Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said he will not participate in any government that comes after a transitional period, Al Jazeera channel reported on Sunday.

He also denied the army was responsible for the deaths of protesters: "The Sudanese army does not kill citizens, and there are investigation committees to reveal what happened."

(Reporting by Ahmad Elhamy Editing by Peter Graff) ((ahmad.elhamy@thomsonreuters.com; +201023399104; Reuters Messaging: ahmad.elhamy.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))