Thousands of Sudanese demonstrated, today, Saturday, in the capital, Khartoum, and the city of Wad Madani (central), in continuation of their movements calling for civilian rule, and in rejection of the actions of the army chief, Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan, while the "Sudan Doctors Committee" announced that the death toll from the protests had risen to 83.
Thousands of demonstrators in Khartoum carried national flags, chanting slogans calling for civilian rule, chanting "the people are stronger people", "apostasy is impossible", "the revolution is a people's revolution", "the authority is the authority of the people and the military is for the barracks", and other slogans.
Some of the demonstrators also raised banners with pictures of a number of protest victims, and others in solidarity with the mothers and fathers of the protesters with their children.
In the city of Wad Madani, hundreds of demonstrators carried national flags and raised banners with phrases such as "The procession of mothers and fathers...you will not walk alone."
Demonstrations led to dozens of casualties (Reuters)
Numbers and victims
And earlier today, Saturday, the "Sudan Doctors Committee" announced that the number of victims of the protests in the country has risen to 83, since last October 25, without comment from the Sudanese authorities, who usually deny such accusations.
The (non-governmental) committee said in a statement, "This morning, the soul of martyr Muhtadi Haider Othman (26 years old) died after suffering in intensive care, after he was hit by live bullets in the pelvis."
She added that the deceased was injured during his participation in a million (demonstration) on February 14, in the city of Omdurman (west of the capital, Khartoum).
Since last October 25, Sudan has witnessed protests in response to exceptional measures taken by Al-Burhan, most notably the imposition of a state of emergency and the dissolution of the Sovereignty Councils and the Transitional Ministers, which political forces consider a "military coup" in exchange for the army's denial.
Prior to these measures, Sudan had been living since August 21, 2019, a 53-month transitional period that ends with holding elections in early 2024, during which power is shared by the army, civil forces and armed movements that signed a peace agreement with the government in 2020.