KHARTOUM (AFP) - Thousands protested in Sudan’s capital Wednesday against last month’s coup, chanting “no to military power” in defiance of a crackdown that has already claimed 24 lives.
Several rallies broke out across Khartoum, even though telephone lines were cut and internet services have been disrupted since the October 25 putsch.
Security forces fired tear gas on the protesters, causing several injuries, witnesses said.
Top general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan declared a state of emergency, ousted the government and detained the civilian leadership.
The army’s power grab has derailed a transition to full civilian rule and sparked international condemnation.
Burhan insists the military’s move “was not a coup” but a push to “rectify the course of the transition”.