Security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters who rallied against Sudan's military rulers, as diplomatic moves to broker a political solution to a post-coup crisis showed little sign of progress.
Thousands marched towards the presidential palace in Khartoum on Thursday amid high temperatures and a heavy security presence, in the first major demonstration since Ramadan and the biggest turnout for several weeks.
Crowds in the capital — and others filmed in other cities on social media — could be heard chanting “Kill us, we're not afraid,” and “The people's government is civilian.”
Sudan has been in political flux since months of mass demonstrations pushed the military into overthrowing former president Omar Al Bashir in April 2019.
After more rallies, the army agreed to share power with civilian groups, but then took over again in a coup in October 2021.
Since then, civilian parties including resistance committees organising the protests, have rejected negotiations with the military. Military leaders have looked to factions that were close to Bashir to try to build a political base.
Talks organised by the United Nations and the African Union that were expected to launch this week have stumbled, prompting criticism from parts of the military and civil society.
Khartoum resistance committees on Wednesday signed a charter setting out their vision for ending military rule, inviting political parties to join.
“After the signing of the charter, we are more optimistic,” 38-year-old protester Ahmed Fathalrahman said.
At the start of the protest, Reuters reported a witness as saying there was a heavy deployment of army, police and the Central Reserve Forces — which the US imposed sanctions against in March — along the protest route and in residential areas.
At least 95 people have been killed in protests since the coup, and thousands injured, according to medics. Lawyers say dozens of political prisoners remain in detention.
Military leaders say the deaths will be investigated, that those detained face criminal charges and that the coup was a corrective to political infighting.
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About Karol Nawrocki
• Supports military aid for Ukraine, unlike other eurosceptic leaders, but he will oppose its membership in western alliances.
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• Met Donald Trump at the White House and received his backing.
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There are numerous success stories of teen businesses that were created in college dorm rooms and other modest circumstances. Below are some of the most recognisable names in the industry:
- Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg and his friends started Facebook when he was a 19-year-old Harvard undergraduate.
- Dell: When Michael Dell was an undergraduate student at Texas University in 1984, he started upgrading computers for profit. He starting working full-time on his business when he was 19. Eventually, his company became the Dell Computer Corporation and then Dell Inc.
- Subway: Fred DeLuca opened the first Subway restaurant when he was 17. In 1965, Mr DeLuca needed extra money for college, so he decided to open his own business. Peter Buck, a family friend, lent him $1,000 and together, they opened Pete’s Super Submarines. A few years later, the company was rebranded and called Subway.
- Mashable: In 2005, Pete Cashmore created Mashable in Scotland when he was a teenager. The site was then a technology blog. Over the next few decades, Mr Cashmore has turned Mashable into a global media company.
- Oculus VR: Palmer Luckey founded Oculus VR in June 2012, when he was 19. In August that year, Oculus launched its Kickstarter campaign and raised more than $1 million in three days. Facebook bought Oculus for $2 billion two years later.
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Janet Yellen's Firsts
- In 2014, she became the first woman to lead the US Federal Reserve
- In 1999, she became the first female chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers
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