In Sudan, people again demonstrated against the takeover of power by the military after a mass demonstration on Saturday left dead and injured.

According to media reports, demonstrators again erected barricades made of stones and tires in the morning.

Most of the shops in the capital, Khartoum, remained closed, and many government employees across the country did not show up for work in protest.

Christian Meier

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Hundreds of thousands of people in the country followed calls from trade unions and civil society groups for a “march of millions” on Saturday. They called for the reinstatement of the civil transitional government, which the military had declared deposed last Monday. Some demonstrators carried posters with the portrait of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. The military blocked bridges and crossroads; there were clashes with security forces.

According to the "Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors", they used live ammunition and tear gas. Numerous injured people were taken to hospitals and three people were shot in the city of Omdurman. This has increased the death toll since the coup to at least twelve. The Interior Ministry denied the use of live ammunition, rather demonstrators attacked the police.

The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, wrote on Twitter after the large demonstration that the reports of violence were "alarming" and that those responsible should be brought to justice. Addressing the army leadership, Guterres said it was "time to return to legitimate constitutional arrangements." After Omar al-Bashir was deposed, the military and civilian forces agreed in the summer of 2019 on a joint transitional government that should pave the way for elections. This construction broke a week ago.

The UN special envoy for Sudan, Volker Perthes, announced on Twitter on Sunday that he had met Hamdok, who was under house arrest, in his residence.

"We discussed options for mediation and the way forward for Sudan," wrote Perthes.

He will continue these efforts with other major Sudanese actors.

The Reuters news agency reported, citing Hamdok's interlocutor, that he was ready to negotiate the formation of a new government.

Before that, however, the situation before the coup would have to be restored and all those arrested would have to be released.