[1/2] Protesters march during a rally against military rule following the last coup, in Khartoum, Sudan August 31, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
KHARTOUM, Aug 31 (Reuters) – A Sudanese demonstrator was killed on Wednesday, medics said, as protesters marched towards the capital's airport in the latest round of anti-military unrest that entered its tenth month.
The protester, whom the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said died after being hit in the head with a tear gas canister and run over by a vehicle belonging to security forces, became the 117th person to be killed in the demonstrations which began after a military coup on Oct. 25 last year.
More than 4,000 protesters blocked the capital's main road with rocks and burning tires as they marched towards the country's main airport, a recent destination for protests that for months headed towards the presidential palace.
Police, heavily deployed in the area, fired tear gas about 1.5 km away from the airport and chased protesters into side streets.
Sudan has been in political and economic turmoil since the coup which halted a transition towards democracy. While military leaders, civilian political parties, armed groups and others have engaged in a series of discussions, none have been fruitful.
The resistance committees that have organised protests reject any negotiation or power-sharing with the military.
"We will be in the streets until we defeat the coup and win civilian democratic rule," said Ahmed Taha, a 22-year-old university student.
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The head of the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) in Chad said it expects to see more refugees fleeing across the border from Sudan to escape the fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
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