US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken condemned the violence against pro-democracy protesters in Sudan and reiterated calls for the reinstatement of ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.
The Sudanese Doctors’ Association said at least 14 people were killed on Wednesday when security forces opened fire on a crowd of protesters.
In an interview with the BBC’s senior Africa correspondent Anne Soy, Mr Blinken also defended the US decision to suspend Ethiopia’s duty-free access to the US market from January, saying that one country violated human rights. would not benefit from the treaty.
