Sudan: Protests erupt against military coup

Bloomberg

Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators marched across cities in Sudan to protest the toppling of the joint civilian-military government by the army. Since the military removed the government led by Abdalla Hamdok as prime minister, doctors, oil workers, academics, bankers and others have staged protests.
That’s thrown the North African nation’s democratic transition into chaos two years after long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir was ousted.
At least 14 people have been killed and about 170 injured in clashes with security forces since Monday, according to the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors. A media advisor for the army didn’t immediately respond to calls seeking comment .

Videos and photos of Saturday’s protest posted on social media platforms showed thousands of demonstrators lining the streets in several districts of the capital, Khartoum.

“We are against the coup, because it has ousted the prime minister chosen by the Sudanese people,” Sara Al-Imam, 21, said from Street 60 in downtown Khartoum. “Hamdok is representing the hopes and the revolutionary demands of civilian rule. So they have to free him and other ministers immediately.”

U.S. President Joseph Biden on Friday called on the Sudanese authorities to allow protesters in the country to demonstrate peacefully and to restore the civilian-led transitional government. “I have admired the courage of the Sudanese people in demanding their voices be heard and helping their country make strides toward a new, democratic Sudan. The events of recent days are a grave setback,” Biden said in a statement.