{"id":174814,"date":"2019-04-06T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/sudan-uprising-thousands-answer-call-for-mass-action-across-sudan-today\/"},"modified":"2019-04-06T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-06T13:00:00","slug":"sudan-uprising-thousands-answer-call-for-mass-action-across-sudan-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudan-uprising-thousands-answer-call-for-mass-action-across-sudan-today","title":{"rendered":"Sudan uprising: Thousands answer call for mass action across Sudan today"},"content":{"rendered":"

The signatories of the Declaration of Freedom and Change, a broad initiative by the Sudanese Professionals Association, which has been a main driver of the demonstrations, have made calls for more than a week for the largest march in the four months of demonstrations, to begin at 1 pm today.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marches are planned throughout Sudan and initial reports indicate that thousands of people across the country have already answered the call.<\/p>\n

Today marks the 34th anniversary of the 6 April 1985 popular uprising which ended the autocratic rule of general Jaafar Nimeiri.<\/p>\n

The marches are planned to converge on the general command of the Sudan Armed Forces in Khartoum and to the army’s garrisons in the states, where demonstrators will hand over a memorandum that calls for the step-down of President Omar Al Bashir and his regime from the country’s rule.<\/p>\n

Radio Dabanga will provide updated coverage as reports reach this station.<\/p>\n

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KHARTOUM 13:10 – 'Hundreds of thousands' on the streets of Sudan capital<\/strong><\/p>\n

Massive demonstrations have erupted on the streets of the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, as untold thousands of people move toward on the headquarters of the Sudanese Army. Reports reaching Radio Dabanga say that there is little official resistance.<\/p>\n

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ZALINGEI, CENTRAL DARFUR 13:20 – Displaced answer call to action<\/strong><\/p>\n

Residents of Hasahisa camp for displaced people near the Central Darfur capital of Zalingei answer the call for mass action.<\/p>\n

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KHARTOUM 14:00 – Sudanese soldiers supporting protesters<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marchers chanting the slogan ‘Tasqut bas!<\/em>’ (‘Just fall, that’s all’) are approaching the headquarters of the Sudanese Army to hand-over a memorandum to the commander. Callers have told Radio Dabanga that there is little official resistance, and pictures and videos show Sudanese soldiers mingling and moving through the crowd, supporting them.<\/p>\n

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NYALA, SOUTH DARFUR 14:10 – Mass demonstration at Kalma camp<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thousands of residents of the massive Kalma camp for the displaced have answered the call of signatories of the Declaration of Freedom and Change to call for the downfall of the Al Bashir regime. Soldiers of the UN-AU peacekeeping mission (Unamid) could be seen moving through the crowds of peaceful demonstrators. Eight people have been wounded, three with bullets and five with tear gas when security forces attempted to disperse the peaceful demonstration.<\/p>\n

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\nUnamid peacekeepers can be seen among the crowd<\/em><\/p>\n

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WAD MADANI, EL GEZIRA 14:30<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wad Madani, capital of El Gezira state is also seeing a large response to the call for popular uprising. Demonstrators have arrived at the headquarters of the Sudanese Armed Forces in the city.<\/p>\n

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KHARTOUM 15:00 – Demonstrators converge on Sudanese Ministry of Defence (Video)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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