Sudan protesters say 5 killed at rally as military council’s general meets Sisi in Cairo

The deputy chief of Sudan’s military council, General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, met with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on his first official visit to Egypt on Monday. The general, widely known as Hemeti, “presented the latest developments on the current situation in Sudan,” the Egyptian presidency said.

Sisi, the former general turned-president, reiterated Egypt’s “strategic support” in maintaining “the stability and security” of its neighbor Sudan, the presidency added.

A doctors committee linked to the protest movement said in a statement that five demonstrators, including four students, were shot dead at a rally in the central Sudan town of Al-Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan state, on Monday, AFP said.

They were reportedly killed by sniper bullets a day before protest leaders and ruling generals meet to resolve the remaining issues concerning the forming of a civilian administration.