Supporters of Sudan's army marched in the thousands in the country's capital Khartoum as a small group of anti-coup protesters continued their own demonstrations.
As violent military crackdowns against tens of thousands of protesters continue across Sudan, the US reviews its options to isolate the country’s military leaders.
Sudanese security forces fired volleys of tear gas to disperse the protesters in Khartoum and Omdurman, witnesses say.
October 25 military takeover — one of several in Sudan's post-independence history — has been accompanied by a security forces crackdown that has so far killed 60 people and wounded hundreds.
The US State Department's Bureau of African Affairs has urged Sudanese leaders to put aside differences, stating any new appointments should follow the power-sharing deal struck in 2019.
Waving flags, beating drums, dancing and chanting, large crowds marched in several cities as security forces blocked bridges, cut phone lines and restricted the internet.
Forces blockaded major roads and most of the bridges connecting the capital as protestors prepared for the ninth demonstration against the coup despite PM Hamdok's reinstatement.
The fight against the coup will continue whether they fire tear gas or bullets, says prominent opposition figure Khalid Omar Youssef.
Sudan's General Burhan also said probes into the deaths of protesters have begun “to identify who has done this and to punish the criminals”.
Sudan's top general, Abdel Fattah al Burhan, and Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok have signed a political agreement that provides for the premier's reinstatement, release of other civilian leaders and to restore transition to full democracy.
Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok will lead an independent technocratic cabinet and politicians arrested since the October 25 coup will be released as part of the deal.
The violence was reported in the capital Khartoum and other cities as thousands of pro-democracy protesters yet again took to the streets across Sudan to rally against the military’s takeover last month.
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