SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Sudanese ‘march of the millions’ demanding full civilian rule
21/10/2021: Multiple sources – Sudanese ‘march of the millions’ demanding full civilian rule
· Guardian, by Zeinab Mohammed Salih and Peter Beaumont
·CNN, by Yasir Abdullah and Mostafa Salem
· AP
· Reuters, by Khalid Abdelaziz
· AFP
Across Sudan, hundreds of thousands participated in a ‘March of the Millions’ in favour of a civilian-led democratic transition, in what Reuters estimate is the largest protest of Sudan’s democratic transition.
Protests took place from Darfur in the West, to Atbara in the White Nile state, and around Khartoum, as well as among the Sudanese diaspora in London and other western cities.
The protests marked the anniversary of the 1964 uprising against military rule, at a time of threats posed to the democratic transition by the military, and a breakaway faction of the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) coalition, the civilian umbrella group which spearheaded the uprising against the ousted regime of former dictator Omar al-Bashir, protesting demanding for military rule.
The Guardian identified Ahmed Hamdan as a journalist who was shot in the head while covering the protests, as security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters.