Protest in Khartoum, Sudan. File photoCAiro, May 5. A protester was killed Thursday during a demonstration in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, Sudan's Central Committee of Doctors, who is in opposition to the authorities, said. chest and stomach after a military APC hit him,» the committee said in a press release. Protests in Sudan are weekly, demonstrators oppose the power of the military. According to the latest data from the Central Committee of Doctors, 95 anti-government protesters have died since the protests began in October 2021. On January 2, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok, amid the crisis in the country, announced that he was resigning and called for dialogue between political parties to move to civilian and a democratic state. The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Volker Perthes, then announced the launch of consultations between the political parties in Sudan. The opposition declared its rejection of the UN initiative, as it promotes reconciliation with the «criminals.» On October 25, the Sudanese military detained Hamdok and several other members of the government. The head of the Transitional Sovereign Council of Sudan, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, announced a state of emergency and the dissolution of the country's authorities. Later, Hamdok was placed under house arrest. In late November, the Sudanese military and the ousted prime minister agreed on a political declaration providing for his return to office and the formation of a government of technocrats. One of the points of the declaration was the release of all political prisoners in the country.
