SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Sudanese pro-military protesters call for dissolving of civilian government

18/10/2021: Multiple sources – Sudanese pro-military protesters call for dissolving of civilian government

·      AFP

·      Reuters

·      AP

·      BBC

Thousands of Sudanese took to the streets of Khartoum to demand the dissolution of the joint military-civilian government of Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok, chanting pro-military slogans.

"We need a military government, the current government has failed to bring us justice and equality," one protester told AFP.

Protesters, including many who arrived by bus from outside Khartoum, were assembled by a coalition of rebel groups and political parties that have aligned themselves with Sudan’s military, which has accused the civilian political parties of mismanagement and monopolising power.

Civilian leaders have accused the military of seeking to execute a coup, in a war of words that began after a coup attempt in September 2021.