Sharjah24 - AFP: Sudanese security forces killed a protester Monday during anti-coup rallies, medics reported, as the main civilian bloc rejected UN-facilitated talks with the military aiming to resolve the protracted crisis.
The latest killing brings to 100 the death toll during the crackdown on protests against the October military coup led by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the pro-democracy Central Committee of Sudan Doctors said.
The protester was reported to have been hit in the chest "by coup forces in Omdurman" the capital's twin city, the committee said.
The protests, the latest in months of unrest, comes as the United Nations, African Union and regional IGAD bloc push for Sudanese-led talks to solve the impasse since the military power grab in October that ousted the civilian Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC).
The FFC said it received an invitation from the UN-AU-IGAD trio for a technical meeting with the military on Wednesday, but "conveyed its apologies" and said they would not attend.
The October coup derailed a fragile transition to civilian rule that had been established following the 2019 ouster of president Omar al-Bashir.
The meeting "does not address the nature of the crisis" and any political process should work on "ending the coup and establishing a democratic civilian authority", the FFC said in a statement.
"This cannot be done by inundating the political process with parties representing the coup camp or linked to the former regime," it added.
UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric urged factions to take part in the talks "in good faith" and to "continue to work towards establishing a conducive environment for a constructive dialogue."
Burhan also called on political blocs to "engage in the talks".
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