SUDAN NEWS ALERT: AFP - Pro-military protesters turn out for second day in Sudanese capital

17/10/2021: AFP - Pro-military protesters turn out for second day in Sudanese capital

AFP report that hundreds of Sudanese protesters rallied for a second day in Khartoum calling for the civilian government to be overthrown, in an escalation of what prime minister Abdalla Hamdok called the “worst and most dangerous crisis” of Sudan’s precarious transition.

The protests were organised by a splinter group of the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) coalition, with critics alleging that the protests are being driven by members of the military and security forces, and involve counter-revolutionary sympathisers with the former regime.

Jaafar Hassan, a spokesperson for the FFC, called the pro-military sit-in “an episode in the scenario of a coup d’etat”. He said its aim was “to block the road to democracy because the participants in this sit-in are supporters of the former regime and foreign parties whose interests have been affected by the revolution”.