The forces, which are led by the deputy chief of Sudan’s transitional military council, are accused by protesters of leading the encampment’s dispersal. – ‘No longer scared’ –Last week, protest leaders from the Alliance for Freedom and Change started organising daily simultaneous gatherings to revive the protest movement. Talks between protest leaders and the military council had collapsed before the dispersal of the sit-in. Protest leaders say the mediation is pegged on releasing all detainees and ensuring freedoms. Following the sit-in dispersal, businesses across Sudan were shut and residents stayed indoors after protest leaders called for a nationwide general strike.

Source: Punch June 22, 2019 12:33 UTC