Raising Sudanese flags and posters of activists killed during pro-democracy protests, protesters tried to march on the presidential palace in central Khartoum as security forces used tear gas to disperse them
Others chanted against military rule and erected barricades in North Khartoum and Omdurman.
Tear gas was also fired in the capital’s twin city of Omdurman and in North Khartoum, where protesters tried to cross the bridge leading to the center of the capital.
In the eastern city of Kassala, some eighthundred young men and women came out to demand civilian rule according to an eyewitness.
On October 25, 2021, army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan seized power, arresting civilian leaders and derailing a transition to civilian rule that had started with the 2019 ouster of long-time autocrat Omar Al-Bashir.
