Protesters closed Wednesday for the second day in a row, main and secondary roads in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, in response to calls by the resistance committees within the movement rejecting the presence of the military in power.
Security forces fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators on Wednesday evening in the Burri neighborhood, east of Khartoum (near the army headquarters), and hundreds of protesters went out in the Jabra neighborhood (south of the Sudanese capital), burning tires and blocking roads with stones, according to eyewitnesses.
Witnesses stated that hundreds demonstrated in the neighborhoods of Aburov, Wood Nubawi and Abbasiya in Omdurman, chanting slogans calling for the civil state.
The cities of Shendi and Damer (north) also witnessed on Wednesday demonstrations in protest against the deteriorating living conditions.
Martyr Abdel Azim Street "Forty Previously" on the second day of the barricades
Wednesday, March 23, 2022 AD # salvation_ narrowed # gear_ salvation_ narrowed # gear_dig_grow pic.twitter.com/dckeRNzkP6
— Taha Wed Hanan (@6a7a_hussein) March 23, 2022
Earlier on Wednesday, the protesters continued for the second day to close main streets in the Khartoum, Khartoum North, Omdurman and East Nile areas with concrete barriers, tree trunks and burning tires, while joint regular forces tried to remove some barricades, in an attempt to restore the flow of traffic.
The closure came at the call of the resistance committees’ coordinators in the context of the mass escalation to demand full civilian rule within the activities of the resistance committees for the month of March.
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The intersection of Martyr Abbas Farah Street with Al-Sitteen is closed by the order of the revolution and the revolutionaries# Tatters_ salvation_ narrowed# Cities_Sudan_ Revolt pic.twitter.com/n5wP6fBue1
— Atif (@elsadig_atif) March 23, 2022
On March 18, the resistance committees announced the activities of the last week of the month, including street closures on Tuesday and Wednesday, 22 and 23 of the same month, in addition to a protest procession on Thursday, 24 of the same month, to demand civilian rule.
Since last October 25, Sudan has witnessed protests rejecting exceptional measures taken by the army chief, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, most notably the imposition of a state of emergency and the dissolution of the Sovereignty Councils and the Transitional Ministers.