Sudanese security forces shot dead an anti-coup protester on Wednesday as American diplomats visited Khartoum seeking to help end a crisis which has claimed dozens of lives and derailed the country's democratic transition.
A Sudanese protester holds a tear gas fired by security forces during a rally against a military coup, south of the capital Khartoum, on January 17, 2022. – Thousands rallied again in Sudan to oppose a military coup which occurred nearly three months ago but security forces quickly fired tear gas towards them.
The latest killing took place in Khartoum’s twin city of Omdurman where protesters opposed to the October 25 coup had set up barricades. Before the latest fatality, US Assistant Secretary of State Molly Phee and special envoy for the Horn of Africa, David Satterfield, held meetings with the bereaved families of people killed during the protests, the US embassy said.
The diplomats held earlier talks in Saudi Arabia with the “Friends of Sudan” — a group of Western and Arab countries favouring transition to civilian rule.In a statement, the group backed a United Nations initiative announced last week to hold intra-Sudanese consultations to break the political impasse.
While the US diplomats visited, coup leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announced that vice-ministers — some of whom served before the coup and some appointed after — would now become ministers.But it has no prime minister, since the civilian premier Abdalla Hamdok resigned in early January after trying to cooperate with the military.
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