Today, Sunday, Sudanese security forces fired tear gas to disperse the demonstrators in the vicinity of the presidential palace in Khartoum, where hundreds of Sudanese demonstrated, again calling for the handover of power to civilians and an end to military rule in the country.

These demonstrations came in response to the calls of the Resistance Committees, the Sudanese Professionals Association, and the Forces for Freedom and Change-Central Council group.

Eyewitnesses said that the security forces prevented the demonstrators from reaching the approximately kilometer-long road that leads to the presidential palace, and chased them down the adjacent side streets.

Since last October, out of rejection of the army commander’s decisions;

Including the dissolution of the Council of Ministers and the abolition of some provisions of the constitutional document, the Sudanese go out to the streets of the capital and its suburbs and some other states to demonstrate and demand civilian rule.

The demonstrations were often interspersed with violent confrontations with the security forces, which resulted in the killing of 116 demonstrators, according to the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors.

Sudanese protesters insist on the return of rule in the country to the civilian component (Reuters)

The worsening economic crisis and security chaos have caused an escalation of ethnic clashes in remote areas of the capital.

One of the demonstrators said, "Today's procession (Sunday) is for peaceful coexistence and support for the one country," referring to the recent tribal clashes in the Blue Nile state that killed more than 100 people and injured about 300 others.

He added that what he described as the "revolutionary military council" turns a blind eye to all tribal and regional problems and knows where the weapons come from, according to him.

Accept initiative

These demonstrations come after the President of the Sovereign Council in Sudan, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, announced his acceptance of an initiative put forward by Al-Tayyib Al-Jedd, a Sufi sheikh, for national consensus out of the current crisis, in a speech he delivered yesterday, Saturday, in front of a crowd of worshipers in eastern Khartoum.

Al-Burhan urged the Sudanese to unite to cross the country to safety, and appealed to them to renounce racism, tribalism and regionalism.

Sudan's political parties have questioned Al-Burhan's position, and former Sovereign Council member Mohamed Al-Faki Suleiman said in an interview with the local (Sudan Tribune) news website yesterday, Saturday, that new constitutional arrangements are being discussed between the former ruling Forces of Freedom and Change alliance and the "revolutionary forces." other.

This was preceded by Al-Burhan’s announcement earlier this month that the military institution would not participate in the national dialogue called for by the United Nations and the African Union, “to make room for the political and revolutionary forces … and the formation of a government of independent national competencies that would complete the … (requirements) of the transitional period.”

Al-Burhan’s announcement also included “the dissolution of the Sovereignty Council, the formation of a Supreme Council of the Armed Forces from the armed forces and rapid support to assume the supreme command of the regular forces and to be responsible for security and defense tasks,” after the formation of the civilian government.

But Al-Burhan's announcement was rejected by the demonstrators and opposition forces, and the Forces for Freedom and Change described it as an "open maneuver."