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An American envoy to Africa on Friday called for an "independent and credible" investigation into last week's crackdown on protesters in Sudan, killing dozens of people.
"The United States strongly believes that an independent and credible investigation must be conducted, which will hold accountable those who commit blatant acts," said Tibor Nagy, deputy secretary of state for the government. Africa, after a two-day visit to Addis Ababa. Khartoum.
Thousands of protesters who had camped in front of the army headquarters in central Khartoum for weeks were dispersed on 3 June.
According to doctors linked to the protest movement, 120 people died and hundreds were injured, while Sudan's Ministry of Health killed 61 people.
Nagy said the crackdown marked a brutal turnaround in a situation that had generated a lot of hope.
"The events of 3 June were, in our view, a 180-degree turn in the course of events, including killings, rapes, committed by members of the security forces," he said at the time. a conference call.
"Until June 3, everyone was so optimistic, events were going in such a favorable direction after 35 years of tragedy for Sudan."
Sudanese opposition leader Sadiq al-Mahdi on Friday called for an "objective" international investigation.
Mahdi's elected government was overthrown in 1989 by an Islamist-backed coup led by Omar al-Bashir.
After three decades in power, Bashir himself was ousted in April following mbad demonstrations backed by Mahdi.
Bashir was replaced by a military council, but protesters staged a sit-in in front of the army headquarters in Khartoum to demand a transition to a civilian regime.
On Thursday, a spokesman for the military council expressed his "regret" after the events of June 3, saying his plan was to clean up an area close to the sit-in, but that "excesses took place".
The council rejected an international investigation, saying it was conducting its own investigation, whose findings will be released on Saturday.
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