The latest from Sudan as protesters seek civilian rule even as military council retains power since al-Bashir’s removal.

Weeks after the removal of Omar al-Bashir as the president of Sudan, the fight for democracy continues as the Transitional Military Council (TMC) refuses to give in to the protesters’ demand to hand over power to a civilian-led government immediately.

The TMC, led by Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, says it will oversee a transitional period that will last a maximum of two years. Amid continuing protests, security forces are doing everything possible to end the sit-in in the capital, Khartoum.

Here are all the latest updates:

Monday, June 3: 

Military council says security forces did not target sit-in site

Transitional Military Council spokesman Shams El din Al Kabashi told Al Jazeera security forces did not target the sit-in site.

“What is going on is targeting the District of Columbia adjacent to the sit-in area and not targeting the sit-in. Dangerous groups infiltrated among the protesters in the sit-in area,” Kabashi said.

“We believe that a return to negotiations is the quickest way to resolve the problem.” He added.

Security forces ‘firing live ammunition’ inside hospital

The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said security forces were firing live ammunition inside East Nile Hospital in Khartoum.

Security forces chased peaceful protesters inside the hospital’s compound, the committee added.

Sudan protest leader: Storming of sit-in site a ‘coup’ against uprising

A leader of Sudan’s protest movement on Monday called the storming by security forces of a protest camp in central Khartoum a “coup” against the uprising that led to the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir.

“We will confront it by escalating protests, marches and full civil disobedience,” said Khalid Omar Yousef, a leader of the Declaration of Freedom and Change Forces.

A spokesman for the TMC told Reuters news agency that he expects talks on the civilian transition to resume “today or tomorrow”. 

Protesters shot as military tries to clear Khartoum sit-in

Heavy gunfire was heard in Khartoum as security forces moved in to clear a protest camp that has been the central point in the demonstrators’ months-long struggle for civilian rule.

The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors, a medical group linked to protesters, said at least five people were killed and several wounded in the Monday morning raid, which was still in progress.

Updates from April 11-20 (al-Bashir’s removal)

Sudan’s military removes al-Bashir: All the updates

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