A group of Sudanese professionals and three anti-government coalitions called for new night demonstrations in Khartoum, Omdurman and Khartoum. The group vowed to continue the protests until demands for President Omar al-Bashir's resignation came out. The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) announced it was launching a reunion.
Separately, the anti-government "assembly" called yesterday for night demonstrations in Khartoum with the announcement of the conduct of demonstrations in the suburbs of Amdah in Omdurman and Haj Youssef in Khartoum North.
This comes two days before the organization of more demonstrations on Thursday «throughout the towns and cities of Sudan», according to a group of professionals announced last week.
Hundreds of Sudanese demonstrated yesterday in the city of Omdurman after the funeral of Omar Nemir, who was declared dead by Sudanese Central Doctors' Committee, died of wounds sustained during last Thursday's protests in Khartoum.
Protesters blamed the government for killing him, while the government denied the charges, accusing the killers of the protesters, announcing the formation of a commission to investigate their deaths.
Doctors in their white uniforms also participated in a silent sit-in outside Ahmed Kassem Hospital where the dead doctor Abu Bakr was working. Some carried a banner reading "Killing a doctor means killing a nation."
"It is shocking that the Sudanese security services continue to use lethal force against demonstrators and who provide essential services like doctors," said Sarah Jackson, deputy director of Amnesty International's East Africa program.
In a speech in the town of Kerida, White Nile State, Bashir rejected the accusations, saying groups among the demonstrators were behind the killings.
"There are some people among the demonstrators who are killing them," he said in his televised speech.
As the protests escalated and the Sudanese government tried to contain its repercussions by taking a package of economic measures affecting the daily lives of citizens, the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) announced the launch of a "reunion initiative".
The party said in a statement on Monday evening that "the initiative addresses all citizens of the country in light of the wave of sharp polarization witnessed by society, because of the economic crisis experienced by the country."
On the initiative of "reunification", local media quoted the Secretary of the Social Secretariat of the party, Maha Ahmed Abdel Aal, as saying that the move «comes under the slogan of difference of opinion does not spoil the friendliness of the case».
She added that the initiative also aims to "maintain social cohesion through efforts led by civil administration officials, Sufi methods, artists, innovators and symbols of society."
Minister of Labor and Human Resource Development Bahr Idriss Abu Bakrdeh announced the implementation of the salary remittance bonus for state employees starting this January. He said the government knows that the premium will not solve the economic problem of workers, but it is an attempt and a contribution to bridge the gap.