KHARTOUM — Hundreds of
Sudanese protesters took to the
streets Tuesday to protest a recent deal aimed at ending the crisis caused by
last year's military coup, AFP reporters said.
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"No to the settlement," protesters chanted,
heading toward the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum.
Near-weekly protests have rocked Sudan since army chief
Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan led an October 2021 military coup derailing a transition
to civilian rule.
Sudan's short-lived transition was installed following the
2019 ouster of president
Omar Al-Bashir.
On December 5, military leaders and multiple civilian
factions signed the deal as the first component of a planned two-phase
political process.
But critics have slammed the deal, which largely fell short
on specifics and timelines, as "vague" and "opaque".
"We are against this deal, which doesn't provide any
clarity regarding our demands of justice and accountability," said
Nisreen, a 38-year-old protester in Khartoum.
"We no longer trust the military. We gave them the
trust once before and they later launched the coup."
Others carried banners demanding justice for people killed
during anti-coup protests.
At least 122 people have been killed during a crackdown on
demonstrations, according to pro-democracy medics.
Last week's deal was signed by Burhan and his deputy Mohamed
Hamdan Daglo as well as civilian groups including the Forces for Freedom and
Change, which was ousted in last year's coup.
During the signing ceremony, Burhan vowed that the military
would "go back to the barracks".
Civilian and military signatories to the deal have pledged
to hammer out the details of transitional justice, accountability and security
reform "within weeks".
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