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At least eight Sudanese demonstrators were killed Thursday as security forces sought to quash mass rallies of protesters demanding an end to military rule, pro-democracy medics said.

Security forces are firing tear gas and stun grenades to disperse tens of thousands of protesters against military rule

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In one of the most violent days this year in an ongoing crackdown on the anti-coup movement in Sudan, AFP correspondents reported security forces firing tear gas and stun grenades to disperse tens of thousands of protesters.

KHARTOUM - At least nine Sudanese demonstrators were killed Thursday as security forces sought to quash mass rallies of protesters demanding an end to military rule, pro-democracy medics said.

At least nine Sudanese demonstrators were on Thursday killed as security forces sought to quash mass rallies of protesters demanding an end to military rule, pro-democracy medics said. In one of the most violent days this year in an ongoing crackdown on the anti-coup movement, Agence France-Presse correspondents reported security forces firing tear gas and stun grenades to disperse tens of thousands of protesters. “Even if we die, the military will not rule us,” protesters chanted, urging th...

The latest comes as the quarrel over al-Fashaqa, - where the north-west of Ethiopias Amhara region meets Sudans breadbasket Gedaref state -which has been settled by Ethiopian farmers for decades, escalated in recent years alongside a diplomatic spat over Ethiopias construction of a hydropower dam

The Sudanese-Ethiopian border tensions witnessed rapid developments after the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) reported the killing of a Sudanese citizen and seven army soldiers by Ethiopian armed forces who raided and captured the El Usra area in El Fashaga, El Gedaref, on Wednesday last week. Both parties accuse each other of unacceptable behaviour.

According to a Sudanese military official, the soldiers were captured in a border region near the disputed area of Al-Fashaga.

Sudan says the Ethiopian army captured seven of its soldiers and a civilian before executing them.