KHARTOUM: A Sudanese medical union says at least one person has been shot dead by security forces near a sit-in outside the military’s headquarters in the capital, Khartoum.
The Sudan Doctors Committee says the shooting took place late Saturday on Nile Street and that at least 11 people were wounded.
Two people were killed in the area last week.
The doctors committee is part of the Sudanese Professionals Association, which has been spearheading the protests that led to the military overthrow of longtime ruler Omar Al-Bashir in April.
Tens of thousands have staged a sit-in outside the military headquarters since April 6, following nearly four months of protests against Al-Bashir.
Tensions have risen as negotiations remain deadlocked between protesters and the generals, who took over the country after Al-Bashir’s ouster.
Sudanese protesters: Forces kill 1 outside Khartoum’s sit-in
Sudanese protesters: Forces kill 1 outside Khartoum’s sit-in
- Sudan Doctors Committee said the shooting happened on Nile Street
- The organization reported at least 11 people being wounded as a result
Iran’s foreign minister heads to Muscat for nuclear talks with US
- Iran will engage in the talks “with authority and with the aim of reaching a fair, mutually acceptable and dignified understanding on the nuclear issue,” a spokesperson said
TEHRAN: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has departed for the Omani capital Muscat at the head of a diplomatic delegation for nuclear talks with the US due to be held on Friday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson said.
The US and Iran have agreed to hold talks in Oman on Friday, officials for both sides said, even as they remain at odds over Washington’s insistence that negotiations must include Tehran’s missile arsenal and Iran’s vow to discuss only its nuclear program.
Iran will engage in the talks “with authority and with the aim of reaching a fair, mutually acceptable and dignified understanding on the nuclear issue,” the spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said on Thursday.
“We hope the American side will also participate in this process with responsibility, realism and seriousness,” Baghaei added.
