Military Take Over In Sudan

By Kenny Thurman

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During the early morning hours of October 25th, soldiers entered the home of Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and promptly arrested him, starting a coup. In the two weeks that have followed, protesters have filled the streets of Sudan protesting the coup and expressing their pro-democracy ideals. They have made roadblocks in the capital city of Khartoum. These protests have not gone unresponded as three people were killed on Saturday by security forces dispatched to break up protesters with tear gas and guns. "These protests are going to continue being peaceful even when faced with the guns," Shaheen al Shaheef, a member of the Khartoum Resistance Committee, told the BBC. Saturday saw the largest of these protests as tens of thousands of demonstrators marched across the country waving Sudanese flags and chanting, ¨No to military rule!¨ More than 10 protesters died last week in the protests. The Sudanese authorities have cut off the internet and many other communications. The head of the power-sharing council General Burhan said that Sudan is still committed to the transition to civilian rule and plans to hold elections in July of 2023.