Khartoum-Sana
Demonstrations took place in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, and other cities to demand the formation of a new government.
The Sudanese news agency SUNA reported that the demonstrators "chanted slogans calling for the civil state and carried banners calling for the return of power to the people."
The security forces closed the main streets leading to the presidential palace and the army headquarters in central Khartoum.
In turn, the Central Doctors Committee announced the death of a demonstrator after being hit by a tear gas canister in the neck during his participation in these demonstrations.
Sudan is witnessing a political crisis that began on the 25th of last October after the head of the Transitional Sovereign Council, Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, announced the dismissal of the government of Abdullah Hamdok, the declaration of a state of emergency in the country, and the formation of a new Sovereign Council from which many members representing political and partisan forces were excluded.
About a month later, the two parties signed an agreement in an attempt to end the political crisis stipulating the return of Hamdok to form a civilian government of independent national competencies, but the latter apologized for the formation and called for a broader dialogue between all forces.
With the continuation of the crisis, the United Nations announced yesterday that it would launch “preliminary consultations” between civilians and the military in Sudan with the aim of resolving the crisis in the country.