Streets in the Sudanese capital were empty on Tuesday, a day after a pro-democracy sit-in was violently overrun by the country's ruling military authorities, who say they want to stage early elections within months.
The military's move to hold a vote so soon cancels all its agreements with protest leaders, who for months had been camped outside the military headquarters in Khartoum as the two sides negotiated over who would run the country after the April ouster of longtime strongman Omar al-Bashir.
Mohammed Yousef al-Mustafa, a spokesman for the Sudanese Professionals' Association, which has spearheaded the protests, said: "We are rejecting what Burhan said. Now, they have proved that they are a military coup." In parts of Sudan, people began marking the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, one of the most celebrated holidays for Muslims. This came despite the state-run SUNA news agency's announcement that the country will celebrate the first day of Eid on Wednesday.
The SPA called for people across the country to hold Eid prayers, to "pray for the martyrs" and take to the streets in protest.
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