The protest still continues in Sudan, in the political deadlock
Sudanese march through the streets of Khartoum on May 19, 2022. AFP - -
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Security forces again violently suppressed demonstrations against the military coup this weekend.
The central committee of Sudanese doctors announced that a protester had been killed on Saturday and more than 90 injured, several by bullets, others knocked down by police vehicles.
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With our correspondent in Khartoum,
Eliott Brachet
Mohammed Khalis, 20, died of a bullet in the chest fired by the police.
Immediately after his burial on Saturday night, many neighborhoods erupted in nighttime protests.
The UN Mission for the Sudanese Transition has expressed deep concern over the continued excessive crackdown on protesters.
This violence does not create a favorable climate for a political solution.
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Tripartite negotiations initiated under the leadership of the UN, the African Union and Igad are supposed to enter a second phase of consultations soon, but no concrete progress is forthcoming.
The UN mission is regularly the target of the junta, which may well not renew its mandate.
For their part, the resistance committees, which refuse to sit down at a negotiating table with the putschists, have announced a new "
revolutionary escalation
" for this week.
On Sunday, barricades rose in several areas of the city.
On Monday, a demonstration will be held in Oumdurman, the neighboring city of Khartoum, in memory of the 96th martyr of the revolution.
A new "milionya" (million march) will be held Thursday at the call of resistance committees across the country.
Since the October 25 putsch led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, 96 people have been killed in Khartoum.
Seven months after the coup, the country is plunged into a serious economic crisis, but also into a political impasse while no real government has been appointed and the state of emergency is still in force.
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Abdel Fattah al-Burhan