A protester dies due to the repression of a new protest against the military authorities of Sudan

July 27 (EUROPA PRESS) –

At least one protester was killed on Tuesday as security forces cracked down on a new protest against Sudan’s military authorities following the October 2021 coup that ousted transitional Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok in a setback for the democratization efforts opened after the fall in April 2019 of the regime of Omar Hassan al Bashir.

The Central Committee of Doctors of Sudan has indicated that the deceased was shot in the face during a protest in the city of Omdurman, adjacent to the capital, Khartoum. “In this way, the total number of martyrs since the October 25 coup amounts to 116,” he said in a message posted on his account on the social network Facebook.

The African country has been the scene of almost daily protests against the military authorities, led by the head of the Army and president of the Sovereign Transitional Council, Abdelfatá al-Burhan, who led the coup against Hamdok. The Army and paramilitary groups have responded harshly, despite complaints from the international community.

However, the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, highlighted in early July that al-Burhan’s decision to ask the political and social forces to agree on a new government represents “an opportunity” to restore the transition. Al Burhan explained that the Army will not participate in the negotiations sponsored by the tripartite mechanism and urged the political forces to promote “immediate serious dialogue” to “restore the unity of the Sudanese people.”

The October 2021 coup d’état led to Hamdok’s dismissal, although international pressure forced an agreement to return him to office in November, causing him to lose support among opposition and revolutionary forces. However, Hamdok presented his resignation in January in protest against the repression of the mobilizations and after the military authorities expelled various civil groups from the Executive, arguing that they were acting against the interests of the State.

The transitional authorities were established after an agreement between the previous military junta, which emerged after the 2019 coup against Al Bashir, and various civil organizations and opposition political formations. This government had initiated a battery of social and economic reforms and has reached a peace agreement with major rebel groups in Darfur and other areas of the country.