Thousands protest military rule in Sudan

On Thursday, protesters were seen in the capital Khartoum carrying Sudanese flags and chanting: “No, no to military rule,” and “Civilian rule is the people’s choice.

Security forces fired rounds of tear gas to disperse the protesters.

Sudan has been rocked by near-weekly protests and a violent crackdown that has so far left at least 116 people killed since army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan led a military coup last October.

The power grab upended a transition to civilian rule launched after the 2019 ouster of strongman Omar al-Bashir, who ruled for three decades.

Sudan has been reeling from political unrest, a spiralling economic crisis and a spike in ethnic clashes in its far-flung regions.

Last month, Burhan pledged in a televised address to step aside and make way for Sudanese factions to agree on a civilian government.