KHARTOUM, Sudan
Protest continued in Sudan as hundreds demonstrated Thursday in khartoum and three other cities to demand full civilian rule in the country.
Also hundreds of demonstrators gathered in across the northern cities of Dongola, Qadarf in the east and the central provinces to demand full civilian rule in Sudan.
Eyewitnesses told Anatolia News Agencey that protesters set fire to tires to block streets in the Al-Futhab neighborhood of Omdurman, west of Khartoum.
Eyewitnesses also explained that police fired tear gas canisters to disperse protesters in the Khartoum 3 neighbourhood near the centre of the capital, and the Barre neighbourhood east of Khartoum.
Participants in the demonstrations in Bahri, north of Khartoum, and the cities of Tsal, Qadarif and Al-Manqal chanted slogans calling for “civility of the state”, “the army’s return to barracks”, and “freedom, peace and justice”.
Meanwhile Hundreds of doctors and health workers staged a rally in Sudan’s capital Khartoum also on Thursday to protest violence by security forces at healthcare facilities.
The protest was organized by the Sudanese Doctors Syndicate near the government-run Khartoum Hospital.
The participants held banners urging authorities to respect the sanctity of hospitals and medical facilities.
Doctors and health workers say security forces have carried out raids at various hospitals and medical facilities to harass people who have taken part in protests demanding full civilian rule since the military seized power last October.
There was no official comment on the rally from Sudanese authorities.
Sudan has been in turmoil since Oct. 25, 2021, when the military dismissed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s transitional government and declared a state of emergency, in a military coup
Prior to the military takeover, Sudan was governed by a sovereign council of military and civilian officials tasked with overseeing the transition period until elections in 2023.
