Following the latest rally against last year’s military coup in Sudan, reports have confirmed that at least one person was shot dead on Thursday.
The pro-democracy group which is also the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors, revealed the demonstrator died after taking shots to the chest and stomach during a protest in Omdurman, the twin city of the capital, Khartoum.
The committee says more than 100 people have been killed in such rallies since the military takeover in October.
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Africa Today News, New York reports that ever since that takeover, Sudan has descended into deepening unrest together with rising prices, food shortages, and ethnic clashes.
The United Nations, the African Union, as well as the regional bloc Igad have been trying to facilitate talks to resolve the crisis.
President Muhammadu Buhari has made an open promise to the South Sudan nation to spare no resources and aid in their war against insurgency and to restore peace in their country too.
He made this promise on Friday at the State House, Abuja, while receiving in audience the Special Envoy of President Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan, Honourable Albino Mathom Ayuel,
He told the Special Envoy of the situation his administration met on ground in the North East in 2015, and how great strides have been taken in comparison with present days.
‘We will study your situation, and see how we can help,’ President Buhari said. The Special Envoy had intimated his host about the situation in his country, particularly how an insurgent group, ‘just like your Boko Haram here kills, maims and destroys.’ He then appealed for ‘close collaboration on security, particularly the training of our forces, since you have experience in this area.’
Mr Albino Ayuel said South Sudan was keen on ending the insurgent activities, “hence this appeal to our big brother.’
South Sudan’s long civil war is not over, as a major insurgency south and west of the capital Juba has plunged large parts of the Equatoria region into chronic bouts of violence that have displaced many thousands.