EU denounces violence against anti-coup protesters in Sudan

18/1/2022 20:24

        The European Union's foreign policy chief on Tuesday said Sudan's military rulers have shown an unwillingness to negotiate a peaceful settlement to the country's ongoing crisis, a day after security forces opened fire on anti-coup protesters in the capital. At least seven people were killed.
        
        EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said that repeated calls for authorities to refrain from violence against protesters "have fallen on deaf ears."
        
        More than 70 people have been killed and hundreds of others were wounded in mass protests since the military took over on Oct. 25, removing the country's civilian-led government.
        
        The coup has upended Sudan's transition to democratic rule after three decades of repression and international isolation under autocratic President Omar al-Bashir. The African nation has been on a fragile path to democracy since a popular uprising forced the military to remove al-Bashir and his Islamist government in April 2019.