Today, Sunday, popular protests against military rule continued in Sudan, while the deputy head of the Sovereign Council demanded an end to chaos in the Darfur region by imposing the law and the prestige of the state.

For the fourth day in a row, hundreds in Khartoum and its suburbs demanded civilian rule and an end to the "military coup" carried out by army commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on October 25, according to which he canceled arrangements for a transitional period that followed the overthrow of the Bashir regime in 2019, and witnessed the sharing of power between the military and civilians. .

The protesters set up barriers to close the roads leading to the vicinity of Al-Jawdah Hospital in Khartoum, at the "Al-Azhari" roundabout near Omdurman, and the intersection of "Al-Masaa" and "Al-Maonah" streets in "Khartoum Bahri".

Last Thursday was the bloodiest day in Khartoum since the beginning of the year, with the killing of 9 demonstrators demanding the return of civilians to power.

Since last October, 114 protesters have been killed.

The correspondent of the French news agency in Khartoum witnessed the deployment of vehicles, army men and rapid support forces on the sides of the roads.

"We will continue our sit-in until the coup is overthrown and we get a full civilian government," said Muayad Muhammad, one of the sit-in in the Al-Juda area, near the center of the capital.

Over the past two days, security forces have tried to disperse the demonstrators using water cannons and tear gas canisters.


Street demands

"We will not back down until the slogans of our revolution are realized," said the protester, Suha Siddiq, 25.

"They are on the street for freedom, peace, justice, the civil state and the return of the military to the barracks," she added.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, condemned the repression of the demonstrators, and called for an "independent investigation".

Through what is known as the "tripartite mechanism", the United Nations, the African Union, and the IGAD group exerted pressure for a direct dialogue between the military and civilians;

However, the main opposition blocs refused to engage in this dialogue.

The tripartite mechanism condemned the violence and the "excessive use of force by the security forces and the lack of accountability for such acts, despite the repeated commitments of the authorities."

In a related context, Mohamed Hamdan Hemedti, Vice-President of Sudan's Sovereign Council, said, "We support the efforts of the tripartite mechanism to achieve peace in Sudan, and we ask everyone to engage in dialogue without an agenda."

Hemedti stressed that "the chaos in Darfur must stop today before tomorrow by imposing the prestige of the state and the rule of law."

Hemedti said that there are trembling hands trying, through the strife, to impede peace in Darfur.

He added that peace in the region needs "serious guarding in order to be achieved on the ground."

He stressed that the hand of the state is able to reach by law those who want to ignite wars, as he put it.