Security forces used live bullets, tear gas and sound bombs to disperse thousands of demonstrators in the vicinity of the presidential palace in Khartoum, during protests calling for the army to withdraw from political life.
The thick gas affected most of the journalists and guests who were present in the offices of some television channels, located in the Nilein Towers near Al-Qasr Street, including the office of the “Sky News Arabia” channel.
Thousands of Sudanese protesters arrived Thursday afternoon in an area near the presidential palace in Khartoum, despite the heavy firing of sound bombs and tear gas.
Since the early hours of the morning, the Sudanese capital has turned into a military barracks, coinciding with the launch of new rallies calling for civilian rule, at the invitation of the resistance committees, the gathering of professionals and a number of political parties and organizations.
The protesters managed to reach the center of Khartoum, bypassing the heavy deployment of security forces, equipped with armored cars and heavy weapons, on the main roads, some of which were closed with barbed wire.
The authorities also cut off communications and the Internet in mobile phones, and closed a number of major bridges linking the three cities of the capital, Khartoum, Omdurman and Khartoum North, with huge shipping containers.
Coinciding with the new rallies, life stopped completely in the capital and a number of other cities in the country, as schools, state institutions, banks and most markets were closed.
This comes amid great uncertainty in the political scene, which has known great tension, since the army commander, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, declared on the twenty-fifth of October a state of emergency, and the dissolution of the Sovereignty and Councils of Ministers, and then the subsequent political agreement with Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok, which was met with widespread popular rejection. .
Despite the emergence of a number of initiatives that their sponsors say are aimed at resolving the current crisis, there are no indications on the near horizon of a breakthrough for the country to emerge from its crisis.
Less than two weeks ago, Hamdok waved his resignation for reasons that observers attributed to the continued repression against the demonstrators, as 52 people were killed in the protests that followed the October 25 procedures so far, and more than a thousand were injured.
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