UPDATE – Sudan: 13 protesters killed in clashes with police

ADDS BACKGROUND</p> <p>By Omer Erdem</p> <p>KHARTOUM (AA) – At least 13 people were killed Thursday in Sudan when security forces intervened in protests, according to the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors.</p> <p>They included two demonstrators in the capital Khartoum, it said in a statement early Friday.</p> <p>The committee said one person died outside army headquarters in the capital, where hundreds of protesters staged a sit-in for the sixth day in a row.</p> <p>Since Saturday, at least 35 people have been killed in clashes with security forces, which have repeatedly tried to disperse the sit-in by force, it added.</p> <p>Earlier Thursday, the Sudanese military announced the removal of President Omar al-Bashir, who had ruled the country since 1989, and the imposition of a two-year &quot;transitional phase&quot;.</p> <p>In a televised statement, Defense Minister Awad ibn Auf announced the imposition of a one-month curfew along with a three-month nationwide state of emergency.</p> <p>He also announced the suspension of Sudan’s 2005 Constitution and the dissolution of the Sudanese presidency, parliament and council of ministers.</p> <p> He said a military council would be established to run the country’s affairs during the post-Bashir interim phase.</p> <p>Sudanese opposition parties and professional associations voiced their total rejection of what they called a &quot;military coup&quot;.</p> <p>Al-Bashir came to power on the back of a 1989 military coup against the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi.</p> <p>*Writing by Jeyhun Aliyev</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>

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