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The Central Committee of Doctors of Sudan reported that at least ten protesters died on November 17, as a result of shots fired by the security forces. The events took place in Khartoum, the capital, in a new day of protests against the military junta that carried out the coup last October.
Sudan remains in a spiral of violence after the coup on October 25, the second in the last three years.
At least ten people died and dozens were injured in the demonstrations on November 17, when the security forces fired at a protest called in rejection of the military junta, according to the country’s Central Committee of Doctors.
“The coup forces used live bullets heavily in different areas of the capital and there are dozens of gunshot wounded, some of them in serious condition,” the organization said in a statement.
On the eve of the protests, the authorities announced the closure of four of the ten bridges that link Khartoum, the capital, with the cities of Bahri and Omdurman.
Likewise, citizens once again reported cuts in telephone and internet services, which they attribute to the military who control the country.
But attempts to quell the protests were unsuccessful. Thousands demonstrated this Wednesday with shouts of “no to military power”, with which they challenged the repression that has already claimed the lives of at least 24 people, according to reports in the Arab press.
Reaching an agreement that returns to the deposed authorities is “unrealistic”
Meanwhile, Gibreil Ibrahim, finance minister of the overthrown government, but which supports the army, said that time is running out for the country’s deposed prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, to accept a place in a government led by the military, as it was proposed to him.
“The country cannot wait forever, if he didn’t take the job, then someone else will definitely take it,” Ibrahim said.
The politician also pointed out that the calls by the United States and its Western allies for the interim Administration that controlled the nation to return to power, prior to the coup, are “unrealistic.”
His statements represent a challenge to the measures taken by Washington, which, as a result of the seizure of power by force, suspended the delivery of 700 million dollars in direct financial assistance.
The World Bank also canceled its disbursements for Sudan, whose economy has been hit hard by years of mismanagement and sanctions. The financial situation became even more acute after the separation of South Sudan, made official in 2011, taking with it more than half of public revenues and 95% of oil exports.
The new crisis exploded after weeks of growing tensions between civilian and military leaders who shared the government. However, this country has already experienced several coups since it gained independence from the United Kingdom and Egypt in 1956.
With AP, Reuters and local media
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