Sudanese security forces on Thursday killed a protester during the latest rallies against last year’s military coup, medics said.
The pro-democracy doctors’ union said the protester, yet to be identified, was “shot dead” by security forces in Omdurman, a western suburb of Khartoum.
The latest death brings to 102 the toll from a crackdown on anti-coup protests, which have taken place regularly since the October 25 coup d’état led by the head of the army, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
His coup upended a transition to civilian rule after the 2019 ouster of autocratic President Omar al-Bashir.
Hundreds took to the streets on Thursday in several parts of the Khartoum area to renew demands for civilian rule.
Sudan has since the coup plunged into deepening unrest — near-weekly protests, rising prices, life-threatening food shortages, and ethnic clashes.
The United Nations, the African Union and the regional bloc IGAD have been pushing to facilitate Sudanese-led talks to resolve the crisis.
On June 8, military officials, representatives from several political parties, and senior members from ex-rebel groups attended the start of talks. But the Forces for Freedom and Change (FLC), a key civilian group, refused to take part.
The civilian group is demanding an end to the repression and the release of prisoners before any dialogue with the military authorities.
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