Protests against coup leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan also highlight tribal fighting in Blue Nile State that has killed 60 people
By MEE and agencies
Hundreds of protesters were met by tear gas in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, on Sunday, as police clamped down on Sudanese rejecting the rule of coup leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
Security forces had erected road blocks on bridges crossing the Nile river linking Khartoum to its suburbs to deter protesters, who had vowed to take to the streets in large numbers, AFP reporters said.
In addition to demonstrating against the coup that upended the country’s transition to civilian rule last October, demonstrators on Sunday also highlighted the heavy tribal fighting in Sudan’s southern Blue Nile State, where at least 60 people have been killed in a week of violence.
Protesters accuse the military leadership and the former rebel leaders who signed a peace deal in 2020 of exacerbating ethnic tensions in the Blue Nile, around 450km south of Khartoum, for personal gain.
At least 163 people were wounded in the clashes between the Berti and Hawsa tribes, which erupted last Monday.
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