9 protesters against the coup were killed in Sudan

On Thursday, June 30, nine protesters were killed in Khartoum, where tens of thousands of Sudanese marched to chant. “The people want the overthrow of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane.” the author of the coup that threw the country into violence and serious economic crisis in October. While every week Sudanese demonstrate to demand that power be returned to civilians, Thursday is the deadliest day in months and one of the most mobilized. Eight protesters were killed by security forces, at least six, including a minor, by bullets. “in the chest”, “leader” Where? “back”the doctors report, also condemning the release of tear gas inside the hospitals.

On Wednesday evening, when small processions were calling Sudanese people to march here and there, a young protester was killed in the name of “bullet in the chest” In Khartoum, according to these doctors. Since the October 25, 2021 coup, 111 protesters have been killed and thousands more injured by security forces, who regularly fire live ammunition into crowds, according to the United Nations. “Even if we all have to die, the military will not rule us”chanted the crowd on Thursday, while the civil alliance Forces for Freedom and Change (FLC) believed that: “As expected, the putschists unleashed their violence.” Before adding: “Thursday’s parades proved that the revolution is not dead.”. Eight months after the coup that plunged one of the world’s poorest countries into chaos, protesters continue to demand the military hand power back to civilians.

“The violence must stop.”

June 30 is a symbolic day for this great East African country. it marks the anniversary of the coup that brought dictator Omar al-Bashir to power in 1989. Also in June 2019, there were monster demonstrations that pushed the generals to integrate the civilians. come to power after ousting Bashir. Therefore, the protesters want to repeat this feat and force the military to hand over the country’s governance to civilians. As with every call to the demonstration, internet and telephone were unavailable throughout the day until partially restored in the evening as some marchers dispersed while major roads were cordoned off by security forces observed by AFP reporters. In addition to Khartoum and its suburbs, protesters also held demonstrations in Wad Madani (south), Darfur (west) and several cities on the east coast, witnesses said.

Before the protests, UN envoy Volker Pertes insisted that “The violence must stop.” and several embassies claimed it “No more lives are lost.” But foreign capitals have struggled to exert pressure on the generals who have ruled Sudan almost continuously since independence in 1956. On October 25, 2021, when the head of the army, General Burhane, abruptly ended the fragile power-sharing by arresting his civilian counterparts, the international community cut its aid to 40% of Sudan’s budget. These financial sanctions did not humble the general, but forced the economy to decline. the Sudanese pound has collapsed and inflation is over 200% every month.

Worse, the specter of hunger looms. A third of the 45 million Sudanese suffer from it.“Acute food insecurity”., potentially fatal, and by September, according to the UN forecast, this figure should reach 50%. At the beginning of June, the “Save the Children” NGO announced the death of two children due to starvation. In addition, the spiral of violence in the country, which has been at war for decades, has resumed its hellish cycle. In Darfur, hundreds of people have died in clashes over land and water, and the crackdown on protests is killing or injuring every week. Despite foreign pressure, the FLC, the backbone of the ousted government in the coup, refused to join “National dialogue”. proposed by the army and the UN. They make any discussion a prerequisite for a return to power-sharing between civilians and the military, who, in addition to politics, largely dominate the country’s gold- and natural-resource-rich economy.