Sudanese security forces killed a protester Sunday as they cracked down on thousands marching for civilian rule, medics said, taking the number killed since last year’s military coup to a least 79.
“Blood is the path to freedom,” protesters waving the Sudanese flag chanted, as they marched through the streets of Omdurman, which lies across the Nile River from the capital Khartoum.
“Go back to the barracks,” protesters in eastern state of Gedaref shouted at soldiers, witnesses said.
Pro-democracy activists have upped calls for protests to restore a transition to civilian rule, following the October 25 military takeover led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
The coup, one of several in Sudan’s post-independence history, derailed a power-sharing arrangement between the army and civilians that had been painstakingly negotiated after the 2019 ouster of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir.
Sunday’s demonstrations took place in the capital Khartoum, as well as in Omdurman, Gedaref, and the northern cities of Atbara and Dongola, according to witnesses.
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