UN withdraws its staff from Sudan and the opposition rejects the military dialogue

The United Nations announced the transfer of its non-core program staff in Sudan, while the opposition refused the call of the military junta to dialogue, asserting continued demonstrations and civil disobedience at a time when the number of deaths of the sit-in to 101.

The United Nations is temporarily withdrawing some of its staff from Sudan, UN spokeswoman Ere Kanko said. "We are temporarily moving non-essential UN staff while all UN operations in Sudan continue," she said.

On the other hand, the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Moussa Faki said that the African Peace and Security Council will hold Thursday an emergency session closed to assess the situation in Sudan, and will hear a briefing from the Special Envoy of the African Union to Sudan, Mohamed Hassan Ould Labbat.

Moussa Faki said he had discussed with the US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Naji the Sudanese file, which expressed support for the African Union position on the Sudan.

The US official said a unilateral solution could not be found, and that it was necessary for the international community to speak with one voice and persuade the parties in Sudan to resume talks to reach a transitional government.

The African Regional Development Organization (IGAD) expressed its concern about the escalation of the situation in Sudan, which caused casualties.

The organization said in a statement that it affirmed its follow-up to the situation in Sudan and to participate in the development of solutions to the crisis, in coordination with the African Union, stressing the solidarity of the Organization with Sudan and its people to overcome the current challenges.

The statement called on the IGAD concerned in Sudan to exercise maximum restraint and ease the increasing tension, calling on all parties to return to the negotiating table. The statement stressed the need to maintain peace and stability in Sudan.

Washington and Berlin
On the other hand, the US State Department said that Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs David Hill discussed on telephone with Prince Khalid bin Salman, Deputy Minister of Defense Saudi developments in Sudan.

The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the contact dealt with what he described as the brutal campaign launched by the Transitional Military Council on peaceful demonstrators.

The statement quoted Hill as confirming to Khalid bin Salman the importance of handing power in Sudan to a civilian-led government, according to the will of the people.

For its part, the Saudi Press Agency said that the Kingdom is following with great concern and attention developments in Sudan.

And stressed the importance of resuming dialogue between the various Sudanese forces, to achieve the hopes and aspirations of the Sudanese people.

In Germany, parliamentarian Christine Buchholtz accused the German government and the European Union of responsibility for what she described as "massacres" committed by the transitional military junta in Sudan during the disbanding of the Khartoum General Command sit-in.

Boschlitz said Berlin and Brussels have been openly fighting the regime of ousted President Omar al-Bashir but are secretly involved in his support and cooperation.

She said she would press for a halt to cooperation with the Transitional Military Council and its supporters, notably Riyadh, which she described as usually supporting "criminals".

Refusing dialogue
For its part, the forces of the Declaration of Freedom and Change announced their refusal to offer the military council to negotiate. The council "is not a source of trust," she said.

"It is clear that the survival of the security committee of the al-Bashir regime, led by the head of the military council, Abdul-Fattah al-Burhan, and his deputy, Muhammad Hamdan Hamidati, is in power, cutting off the road between the people and their dream in Sudan," he said.

He added that "this system establishes the military control of the government, and the protection of the regime is inevitably lost and its symbols."

He called for maintaining the peaceful revolution, declaring a comprehensive civil disobedience, and setting up barricades to protect the rebels from bullets.

The gathering of Sudanese professionals renewed its call for four major actions: complete civil disobedience, closure of major roads, bridges and porches, paralyzing public life, an open political strike at all public and private workplaces, facilities and facilities, full adherence to integrity and documentation of human rights violations.

"Today the council called for dialogue and at the same time is terrorizing citizens in the streets," said civilian leader Abbas Madani.

He added that the call for proof came before the arrest of one of the members of the coalition, Yasser Arman, deputy secretary general of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement north.

The opposition statement comes hours after the announcement of the proof of the Council's readiness to negotiate and open a new page, expressing regret for the victims during the past days, the day after announcing the cessation of the process of negotiations with the forces of freedom and change, and the formation of a transitional government to organize general elections in the country within nine months.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Medical Committee announced the killing of at least 101 since Monday in the crackdown, including 40 bodies were found in the waters of the River Nile, pointing to the fall of 326 injured as a result of the repression.

The developments came as a citizen was killed and dozens injured on Wednesday during violent protests in the eastern province of Gedaref.

Witnesses said security forces fired live bullets and tear gas at demonstrators in several cities, including the capital Khartoum, to remove barricades and barricades from the streets.

A demonstration took place in the western Sudanese city of Zalingei against the military council. The demonstrators raised slogans confirming their past in the revolution and supporting the demands of the popular movement in the country and demanding that the proof be removed and his deputy Hamidati.