Security forces have clashed with protesters furious over a military coup that derailed a fragile transition to democracy and sparked an international outcry, with the United States and United Nations dialling up the pressure on Sudan\u2019s new military government.<\/p>\n
At least one protester was killed on Thursday, according to medics, on the fourth day of confrontations between soldiers and anti-coup protesters in Khartoum, as the UN Security Council called on the military to restore the civilian-led government they toppled on Monday.<\/p>\n
The council in a unanimously passed statement expressed \u201cserious concern\u201d about the army power grab in the poverty-stricken Northeast African nation and urged all sides \u201cto engage in dialogue without pre-conditions\u201d.<\/p>\n
After the UN Security Council statement, US President Joe Biden said his nation stood with the demonstrators.<\/p>\n
Together, our message to Sudan\u2019s military authorities is overwhelming and clear: the Sudanese people must be allowed to protest peacefully and the civilian-led transitional government must be restored,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The events of recent days are a grave setback, but the United States will continue to stand with the people of Sudan and their non-violent struggle,\u201d said Biden, whose government has frozen aid.<\/p>\n
General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan \u2013 Sudan\u2019s de facto leader since the 2019 overthrow of longtime leader Omar al-Bashir after huge youth-led protests \u2013 on Monday dissolved the country\u2019s fragile government.<\/p>\n
While the civilian leader, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, has been under effective house arrest, the capital has been rocked by days of unrest and is bracing for major demonstrations on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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