Death toll from clashes at Sudan rallies climbs to 10

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A leading Sudanese activist says at least 10 people were killed in clashes with security forces during mass demonstrations demanding a transition to civilian rule.

Nazim Sirraj told The Associated Press on Monday that three bodies were found next to a school in Omdurman, the twin city of the capital, Khartoum, after the rallies the day before. He says the three were shot dead.

Authorities said late Sunday that at least seven people were killed and nearly 200 wounded during the demonstrations. The ruling military council blamed protest leaders for the deaths after they diverted the routes of their marches.

The protesters are calling on the military to hand over power to civilians following the coup that ousted longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir in April. </s> Sudanese activists: 7 more killed in clashes with police

CAIRO (AP) — Activists behind anti-government demonstrations in Sudan say security forces have killed at least seven people, including a military officer, in another attempt to break up a sit-in outside the military headquarters in the capital.

Sarah Abdel-Jaleel, spokeswoman for the Sudanese Professionals Association, says clashes erupted early on Tuesday between security forces and protesters who have been camping out in front of the complex in Khartoum since the weekend.

The new deaths brought the total number of people killed by the security forces since Saturday to 15.

Abdel-Jaleel says at least 30 protesters were wounded in the violence. A government spokesman didn't respond to calls seeking comment.

The demonstrations began in December over an economic crisis but quickly escalated into calls for an end to President Omar al-Bashir's 30-year rule. </s> Khartoum, Dec 27: Clashes between Sudanese anti-riot police and protesters in demonstrations against a rise in bread prices have killed 19 people, including two security force personnel, the government said Thursday.

"Nineteen people lost their lives in the incidents including two from security forces," government spokesman Boshara Juma said on state television, adding that 219 people were wounded.

Sudanese authorities had previously said that eight people have been killed in clashes in Khartoum and several other cities since the protests began on December 19. </s> Sudan: At least 10 killed as protesters return to the streets

Sudan: At least 10 killed as protesters return to the streets

Protesters are demanding the military hand power over to civilians

At least 10 people have been killed and more than 180 wounded across Sudan as protesters returned to the streets to call for the ruling military council to hand power to the people.

In the biggest demonstrations since a deadly raid by security forces on a protest camp in Khartoum three weeks ago, tens of thousands of people took to the streets in several parts of the Sudanese capital.

In two areas near the presidential palace and in the eastern neighbourhood of Riyadh, they were met by security forces firing barrages of tear gas, witnesses said.

A senior military official said unknown snipers had shot at civilians and paramilitary soldiers during the demonstration.

General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, who is the deputy head of the Transitional Military Council (TMC), in a televised statement: "There are snipers shooting at people, they shot three members of RSF and five or six citizens."

He added: "We are upset and we want to get things under control."

The general gave no more information on the affiliation of the gunmen, and if anyone had died.

Sudanese activist Nazim Sirraj said three further bodies had been discovered on Monday near a school in Omdurman, the twin city of Khartoum.

He said they had been shot.



Video clips showed demonstrators running away from security forces in the streets of Khartoum and seeking shelter, AP said.

Troops and riot police on a highway leading to Khartoum's international airport allowed some protesters to pass through but a protest leader said security forces used tear gas to disperse people in Omdurman and the district of Bahri in the capital. Tens of thousands had taken to the streets in cities across the country earlier repeating their call for civilian rule nearly three months after the army forced out dictator Omar al Bashir.

The marches marked the 30th anniversary of the Islamist-backed coup that brought Bashir to power in 1989, toppling Sudan's last elected government.

Bashir was removed by the military in April amid mass protests against his rule, but the calls for the military to hand over power completely have continued.

On Sunday, protesters chanted anti-military slogans like "Burhan's council, just fall", referring to General Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of the military council.

Much of the protesting has been co-ordinated by the Sudan Professionals' Association (SPA), made up of a people with jobs that often require years in education, like teachers, lawyers and engineers.

Talks between the two sides over a power-sharing agreement collapsed earlier this month following a crackdown from the authorities.

In the following weeks, at least 128 people across the county have been killed, according to protest organisers.

Sudanese authorities say 61 have died, including three from security forces.

Efforts by the African Union and Ethiopia have been under way to bring about an end to the crisis and reach a deal over setting up a new transitional government.

The military council said Friday it was ready to resume "immediate, serious and honest" talks but the Forces for Declaration of Freedom and Change, which represents the protesters, said talks could only begin once those in power have officially approved the AU-Ethiopian proposal. </s> (Reuters) - At least 11 people were wounded by gunfire near a protest sit-in in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Saturday, an opposition doctors’ committee said.

Sudan’s main protest group blamed the violence on the Transitional Military Council (TMC), saying that it is part of a plan to violently clear the protests.

“The killing and intimidation on Nile Street is just a prelude to committing a massacre to end the sit-in by force,” Sudanese Professionals’ Association (SPA) said in a statement late on Saturday.

Tensions are mounting between the TMC and an alliance of protest and opposition groups who want a quick handover of power to civilians.

TMC officials could not immediately be reached for a comment.

The head of the central Khartoum military region said on Thursday the protest site “has become unsafe and represents a danger to the revolution and the revolutionaries and threatens the coherence of the state and its national security.” </s> he Sudanese government has said 11 people were killed on Tuesday in the capital Khartoum, including six members of the state security forces.

They died when the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) tried to disperse thousands of demonstrators who were calling on President Omar al-Bashir to step down.

Some soldiers helped protect the protesters and even shot back in the direction of the security personnel. The anti-government demonstrations began in December but intensified on Saturday.

Since then thousands of protesters have been holding a sit-in outside the military headquarters. -BBC Africa </s> (AP) — Organizers of the pro-democracy protests in Sudan say the death toll across the country since the violent dispersal of their sit-in in Khartoum earlier this week has increased to 60.

The Sudan Doctors’ Committee says security forces killed at least 10 people on Wednesday in the capital, Khartoum, and its twin city of Omdurman.

That came after another 10 people were killed on Tuesday, including five in the White Nile state, three in Omdurman and two in Khartoum’s Bahri neighborhood.

The doctors’ committee is the medical arm of the Sudanese Professionals Association, which has been spearheading protests against army rule.

On Monday, security forces broke up the protest camp outside military headquarters in Khartoum, posing a new challenge to the protest movement. </s> At least 14 people have been killed as demonstrations continue to embroil Sudan.

A total number of 22 people have died since the weekend - including five soldiers - according to activists behind the movement.

Tuesday's deaths came as Sudanese security forces tried to break up an anti-government sit-in outside the military headquarters in Khartoum for a second time.

Image: Protests have raged through Sudan

Police used tear gas, rubber bullets and live fire to try to disperse the protesters, according to Sudanese Professionals Association, which is spearheading the demonstrations.

Anti-government protests have been taking place for four months in anger over a struggling economy - with growing calls for President Omar al Bashir to end his 30-year rule.

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For the first time on Monday, leaders of the protests called for the military's leaders to abandon the president. They followed up on Tuesday by inviting the leaders to meet for discussions.

Image: More than 20 people have died in the protests

Their appeal was rebuffed, with Major General Ahmed Khalifa al Shami saying the military has nothing to do with political matters.

Footage posted online on Tuesday showed some Sudanese troops working to protect the protesters and guarding the entrance to the sit-in demonstration.

The Sudan Doctors Committee said at least 153 people had been wounded since Saturday.

On Tuesday, Norway, the UK and the US backed the protesters' demands and called for a "credible plan" for political transition.

Amnesty International said authorities in Khartoum shut off the water supply to where the sit-in is, and that cars were being searched and seized by security forces if they were found to be taking food and water to protesters.

Image: Activists are calling for President Omar al-Bashir to step down.

"The move by the authorities to try to starve protesters and deny them access to communication is a clear attempt to silence and deny protesters their human rights," said Joan Nyanyuki, the group's director for the region.

Sudan's interior minister Bishara Gomaa told the parliament on Monday that at least seven people had been killed in the protests since Saturday - six in Khartoum and the seventh in the Darfur region.

No further comment on the latest reported deaths have been issued. </s> KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A Sudanese medical union says at least one person has been shot dead by security forces near a sit-in outside the military’s headquarters in the capital, Khartoum.

The Sudan Doctors Committee says the shooting took place late Saturday on Nile Street and that at least 11 people were wounded.

Two people were killed in the area last week.

The doctors committee is part of the Sudanese Professionals Association, which has been spearheading the protests that led to the military overthrow of longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir in April.

Tens of thousands have staged a sit-in outside the military headquarters since April 6, following nearly four months of protests against al-Bashir.

Tensions have risen as negotiations remain deadlocked between protesters and the generals, who took over the country after al-Bashir’s ouster.
Ten people are killed in Sudan during clashes between the Sudanese military and civilian protesters.