- Sudanese police and military deployed in significant numbers across the capital Khartoum on Sunday.
- Pro-democracy parties plan mass rallies against coup leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
- Security personnel established road blockages on bridges crossing the Nile river.
KHARTOUM: Sudanese police and military deployed in significant numbers across the capital Khartoum on Sunday in preparation for planned mass rallies against coup leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan by pro-democracy parties.
Security personnel established road blockages on bridges crossing the Nile river linking Khartoum to its suburbs, according to AFP.
Following a time of relative peace during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, which concluded early last week, demonstrators have pledged to go to the streets in big numbers.
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The marchers rejected Burhan’s power grab in October and are also calling attention to heavy violence in Sudan’s Blue Nile province, 450 kilometres (280 miles) south of Khartoum.
According to pro-democracy medics, the latest coup in Sudan stalled a transition to a civilian administration, provoking near-weekly protests and a crackdown by security forces that has resulted in at least 114 deaths.
On June 30, when tens of thousands of people came together, nine people were killed, and their deaths gave the movement new life.
In an unexpected move on July 4, Burhan swore to make way for a civilian government.
The country’s leading civilian group called it a “ruse.” Protesters demand the army chief’s resignation.
They accuse the ruling military and ex-rebel commanders of aggravating ethnic tensions for their own personal benefit.
In the Blue Nile on Sunday, witnesses reported troops in Al-Roseires after 33 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in an ethnic conflict.
The Berti and the Hausa are the parties involved in the present conflict in Blue Nile.
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