This archive report was first published on 29 July 2019.
On July 29, 2019, five Sudanese protesters, including students, were shot dead in Al-Obeid, a central town in Sudan, during a rally against a shortage of bread and fuel.
The rally, attended by school children, was held a day before protest leaders and the ruling generals were set to hold fresh talks aimed at resolving the remaining issues over transferring power.
The deaths triggered calls to suspend the planned talks, with a prominent protest leader, Siddig Youssef, saying, "We cannot sit at the negotiating table with those allowing the killing of revolutionaries."
The power-sharing deal already agreed on July 17 provides for the establishment of a new governing body of six civilians and five generals, which will oversee the formation of a transitional civilian government and parliament to govern for 39 months, after which elections will be held.
Earlier, an investigation found that security officers, including some from the feared Rapid Support Forces, carried out a deadly crackdown on a protest camp without any orders from their superiors, leaving 127 people dead and scores wounded.
