African Union suspends Sudan over latest military crackdown in which at least 108 people were reportedly killed
Sudan suspended till civilian government formed – AU
The official death toll in Sudan from violence that erupted on Monday has risen to 61, the director general of the health ministry said, up from its previous toll of 46. Sudan's pro-democracy leaders are vowing to press their campaign of civil disobedience until the Transitional Military Council is ousted and killers of protesters are brought to justice.
"The UAE hopes that wisdom, reason and constructive dialogue will prevail between all Sudanese parties, in a way that guarantees security and stability," the foreign ministry said in a statement carried by the official WAM news agency.The death toll did not exceed 46, state news agency SUNA reported, citing a health ministry official.
The TMC said some RSF members were attacked and people had put on their uniforms to impersonate them.The death toll from a crackdown on protesters in Sudan’s capital has risen to 108, the CCSD said. During the mayhem, the protesters' doctors committee said witnesses reported seeing bodies loaded into military vehicles to be dumped into the river.The United Nations said it is temporarily removing some civilian staff from Sudan because of the security situation in the country.
"We open our hands to negotiations with all parties ... for the interest of the nation," Burhan said, adding that those responsible for the violent break-up of the demonstrators' sit-in in the capital, Khartoum, would be held accountable. Sudan's opposition Democratic Alliance of Lawyers on Tuesday urged "some Arab countries" not to interfere in Sudanese affairs and to drop their support for the military council - comments apparently aimed at Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt.
Bashir's government denied allegations that the Arab Janjaweed militias, later transformed into the RSF, had burned villages and raped and executed civilians.
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