Another Sudanese anti-coup protester was on Thursday, shot and killed by security forces in another crackdown on ongoing protests in the country eight months after a military coup overthrew a transition to civilian rule administration.
The coup had ended a civilian-military power-sharing deal reached after the military removed long term dictator, Omar al-Bashir, who had been in power for over 30 years, in 2019.
According to a pro-democracy doctors’ union, the protester who is yet to be identified, was shot dead by soldiers in Omdourman, a western suburb of Khartoum, the country’s capital.
This death, according to the group, brings the total number of deaths to 102 as the military junta continues to supress demonstrations against the military regime which came into power in a the October, 2021 coup d’état led by the then army chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane.
Since the unpopular coup, thousands of protesters have been taking to the streets of the capital and other major cities telling the junta to return the country to civilian rule.
The military generals on the other hand, have arrested and detained leaders of the demonstrators while many others have been injured and killed.
The United Nations, the African Union and the East African regional organisation, (IGAD), had, on June 8, launched a dialogue to try to end the political stalemate in Sudan but the initiative was boycotted by the main civilian opposition blocs.
The Forces for Freedom and Change (FLC), the main civilian coalition group, is however, demanding an end to the repression and the release of prisoners before any dialogue can be opened with the military authorities.