By RFIPalled on 09-04-2019Modified on 09-04-2019 at 17:44

Supported Sudanese security forces and regime security militias again tried on Tuesday morning to disperse the demonstrators gathered in the square in front of the army headquarters. These forces first tried to penetrate the rally by pick-up cars, before firing tear gas, then at live ammunition. There were four victims, among them soldiers. The army has set up a security perimeter around the rally. The positioning of the army on the ground since yesterday is clear: defend the protesters.

Since Saturday, protests in Sudan have entered a new phase. Already because it is the first time that protests gather so many people in thirty years of reign of Omar al-Bashir. Secondly because the army seems to be giving them support.

Doped by the democratic contagion from Algeria and following a new call from the Sudanese professional association, new demonstrators poured in on the morning of Tuesday 9 April to downtown Khartoum, defying the ban on demonstrations imposed by the government. 'emergency state.

They joined those who have been camped for four days before the army headquarters. There are now tens of thousands of protesters who occupy the premises and appear determined to stay until the departure of the head of state.

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In the face of security forces, who once again attempted to disperse the mass rally with tear gas, the army opened the doors of the military complex to protect the protesters. Soldiers also fired in the air to repel security forces.

On the other hand, the army hierarchy has not yet responded to the opposition's call the day before , which wants to discuss with it directly the modalities of a transition.

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