KHARTOUM, Sudan — Protest leaders in Sudan have agreed to end the general strike that brought Khartoum to a standstill this week and are willing to resume power-sharing talks with the ruling military council, an Ethiopian mediator said on Tuesday.

The announcement, which was confirmed by protest leaders, came eight days after a notorious paramilitary group brutally dispersed demonstrators at the main protest site in central Khartoum in a wave of violence that doctors said killed at least 118 people.

The State Department’s top envoy for Africa, Tibor P. Nagy, is expected to travel to Sudan on Wednesday to press the military, in particular the Rapid Support Forces paramilitaries who control the capital, to halt violence against civilians and resume talks.

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The protesters want an immediate transition to full civilian rule in Sudan, where Omar Hassan al-Bashir was ousted from the presidency in April after months of demonstrations against his repressive, 30-year rule. But their removal from the protest site on June 3 deprived them of their main leverage in talks with the generals who deposed Mr. al-Bashir.