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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kaamil Ahmed

‘Burhan and Hemedti are both genocidaires’: activists despair as Sudan violence surges

A woman in an abbaya carries loaves of bread along an almost deserted street
A woman fetches bread in Khartoum as fighting entered its fifth day. At least 270 people have died as a ceasefire fails to hold. Photograph: AFP/Getty

The Sudanese people will continue to resist military forces that usurped the transition to democratic rule, says the protester who has become known as “the Spiderman of Sudan”.

The young teacher, who became known as “Spidey” for the costume he wore to protests against the military coup in 2021, said a friend had already been killed in heavy fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which erupted on Saturday.

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