One killed in ongoing protest against coup in Sudan

The victim, who has not been identified, died of “a bullet in the chest” in the capital’s twin city, Omdurman, the pro-democracy Central Committee of Sudanese doctors said in a statement.
The latest death brings the toll of a crackdown on anti-coup protests that have taken place regularly since the October 25 military putsch led by army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan to 96, the committee said.
The protests on Saturday came after thousands of people took to the streets on Thursday to oppose the takeover, mainly in Khartoum but also elsewhere, renewing demands for civilian rule.
About 100 people were injured during the demonstrations on Thursday, according to the medical committee.
At the same time, two leading figures of the Sudanese anti-coup communist party were arrested. They were released on Friday.
The United Nations, together with the African Union and the IGAD regional bloc, have pushed to facilitate Sudanese-led talks to resolve the crisis after the latest coup in the Northeast African country, one of the poorest in the world. .
But civilian forces refused to enter into negotiations involving the military, while Burhan repeatedly threatened to expel UN envoy Volker Perthes, accusing him of “interference” in the country’s affairs.
In late March Perthes said Sudan was heading for “economic and security collapse” unless its civilian-led transition was restored.