Sudan, protests against the army continue

Nationwide protests erupt again in Sudanese capital Khartoum and other cities against military rule, three days after the resignation of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, reports Anadolu Agency (AA).

In the Bashdar area in central Khartoum, Thousands of protesters from different neighborhoods chanted slogans against the military coup last October and demanded the restoration of civil rule in the country..

Eyewitnesses confirmed that protests have also started in Omdurman and Bahri, neighboring cities of Khartoum.

To oppose protests demanding civil rule, Sudan deployed security forces in the capital Khartoum, closing the main roads leading to the presidential palace and the army headquarters.

Security forces began patrolling cars passing by before the start of protests calling for "full civil rule".

According to the AA reporter on the ground, security forces blocked most of the bridges using transport containers and closed the streets in the center of the capital with concrete barriers and barbed wire to prevent demonstrators from reaching the presidential palace and the headquarters of the army commander and head of the Transitional Council of Sovereignty, General Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan.

Ura Climb, which connects the city of the East Nile and the capital, was the scene of massive traffic jams, angering travelers.

Wednesday, resistance committees issued a public call to hold a new round of demonstrations in the capital and other cities today to demand full civilian rule and to reject what protesters see as a military coup.

Sunday, Sudan's caretaker prime minister resigned hours after three people were killed during protests.

Sudan has been embroiled in unrest since 25 October when Sudanese army ousts Abdallah Hamdok's transitional government and declares state of emergency, before Hamdok returned to duty in November under an agreement.

Before taking power from the army anymore 25 October, Sudan was governed by a sovereign council of military and civilian officials overseeing the transition period until elections in 2023, as part of an insecure power-sharing pact between the military and the Freedom and Change Forces coalition. /aa