At least four protesters were killed and many injured by gunfire in the Sudanese...
KHARTOUM - At least four protesters were killed and many injured by gunfire in the Sudanese city of Omdurman on Thursday, opposition medics said, as hundreds of thousands took to the streets to pile pressure on the country’s military rulers.
Sudan has been gripped by months of political turmoil that climaxed in the army overthrowing long-time leader Omar al-Bashir in April. Protesters have kept up their rallies since then, pressing the army to hand over to civilians, accusing the security services of violence and decrying the shortages and economic hardships that triggered the unrest in the first place.
“The agreement is really now just around the corner,” Satea al-Hajj, a leader in the Forces of Freedom and Change coalition of opposition groups, said in a press conference in Khartoum on Thursday.Timeline: Key dates in Sudan's political upheavalThe opposition had demanded that members of the sovereign council, which is intended to lead the country until elections are held, should not be granted blanket immunity from prosecution for past crimes.
The FFC has accused military and paramilitary forces of firing on the high school pupils as they protested over bread and fuel shortages in El-Obeid on Monday.
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