A year after the coup in Sudan, protesters still determined
Protesters marched in numbers in Khartoum on Tuesday, October 25, one year to the day after General Al-Burhan came to power in Sudan.
REUTERS - MOHAMED NURELDIN ABDALLAH
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Thousands of people demonstrated this Tuesday, October 25 against General al-Burhan's coup, which occurred a year ago to the day.
Faced with the violent repression and the uncertainty in which Sudan is swimming, a certain fatalism is felt in the ranks of the demonstrators.
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With our correspondent in Khartoum,
Eliott Brachet
For a year, in the demonstrations in Sudan, the same slogans resound in the streets of the capital, with the same rage against the military power.
For Reef, a chemistry student, the coup a year ago is a failure.
“
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
said he wanted to 'rectify the course of the revolution'.
But a year later, he hasn't rectified anything, changed anything, it's worse,
she denounces.
I am in favor of an agreement that is in the interest of our country.
I'm not against negotiating with the military if it's for stability.
But look into the Blue Nile
: the region is on fire and bloodshed.
If the army wants to act in the interest of its country, let them go, let them stop the massacres.
But they prefer to attack the demonstrators who oppose them by shooting them with live ammunition and tear gas.
»
“
The military are strengthening their grip
”
For the anniversary of the coup, the demonstrators wanted to mark the occasion.
They were more numerous than usual on Tuesday.
But the police again violently repressed the processions, despite calls for restraint from several Western chancelleries.
They saturated the air with tear gas and the processions had to retreat.
Every week, the same scenario repeats itself, deplores Walid, an engineer.
“
The military are buying time.
They say they are ready to hand over power to civilians [General al-Burhan said the army was ready to
hand over power to a civilian government
, and negotiations are underway with some political parties, editor's note].
But at the same time, they are strengthening their grip.
I don't see how we can quickly get out of the impasse.
Many more people need to take to the streets.
Of course, every week we go out, but we are a constant number.
I don't see where it's leading and we're wasting time.
»
The demonstrators had to retreat to the streets of the neighborhoods.
The internet is still cut off, but news quickly spread: a protester was killed in Oumdurman, run over by a police vehicle.
Over the past year, the death toll has risen to 118.
► To read also: One year after the coup in Sudan, why the military want to keep power
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