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A Sudanese protester has been shot dead by security forces on Thursday during anti-coup demonstrations held across the country, several media reported. Thousands of Sudanese were marching towards the presidential palace in the capital city Khartoum. They were met by gunfire and tear gas from security forces, the BBC reported. …

Sudanese protesters marching against military rule on International Women’s Day were met with tear gas as they approached the presidential palace on Tuesday, Reuters agency reports. Women’s rights groups had called for the protest along with neighborhood resistance committees that have staged street protests since the military took over in …

Security forces in Sudan opened fire and used tear gas to try to disperse large crowds of protesters calling for an end to military rule in the country, a doctors’ organization linked to the protest movement said. A protester died and several others injured in Omdurman, the second city where …

A patient standing on a hospital balcony was killed by a stray bullet fired by security forces at protesters against military rule in Sudan on Sunday, Reuters reported, citing doctors. A 51-year-old man was shot while trying to get fresh air amid heavy tear gas in the city of Bahri, …

The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors say seven people have been killed by security forces during Monday’s pro-democracy protests in the country. According to the medics, “civilians were shot with live bullets” during Monday’s demonstrations. Reuters news agency quotes a witness as saying several injured civilians could be seen bleeding …

The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said two other people have been killed by police as they were demonstrating against the military rule in the Capital, Khartoum. One was hit on the head by a tear gas cannister and died from a brain haemorrhage, while another died after being struck …

A man has been shot dead and many others wounded in Sunday’s protests against Sudan’s military leaders in the capital Khartoum and other cities, medics aligned with the protest movement said on Monday. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum on Sunday to …