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Sudanese revolutionaries call for civil disobedience and strikes after regime massacre
People march at a protest in Khartoum, Sudan, Monday, January 17, 2022

SUDANESE revolutionaries called for more protests and civil disobedience today in response to the massacre of at least seven demonstrators by security forces on Monday.

Police fired on huge rallies against the generals behind October’s military coup in Khartoum, bringing the total killed since the junta seized power to at least 71 (some organisations claim 75). Over 100 more people were wounded in Monday’s crackdown, according to the Sudan Doctors Committee, while police said 77 were arrested.

A US-negotiated power-sharing agreement between the army and the civilian transitional government, which was rejected by the democracy movement, is collapsing following the resignation of prime minister Abdalla Hamdok at the start of the month.

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