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Hospital officials say a 16-year-old boy was shot in the head by security forces in Omdurman while protesters are refusing to cooperate with the military.

A 16-year-old boy has died after being shot in the head by security forces in Omdurman, Sudan, Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said in a statement.

This came on Sunday during protests that continued despite Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok being reinstated in a political alliance with warlord Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who promised to release all political prisoners after weeks of riots.

Under the agreement, Hamdok, who was first elected after the ousting of former leader Omar al-Bashir in the 2019 riots, will lead a civilian and professional state for a period of change.

The coalition is facing opposition from pro-democracy groups that want the people to rule completely. The hero of the protest group, Hamdok became a villain to others.

“Hamdok has sold the change,” protesters chanted after the deal was announced.

The Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), the leading group of exhibitors, called it “fraud”.

Thousands of people attended the planned meetings in Khartoum, the capital of Omdurman and Bahri. Security forces fired shots and tear gas to disperse, the witnesses told Reuters.

“Hamdoki has disappointed us. Our only option is a road, “said Omar Ibrahim, 26, of Khartoum.

The government crackdown led to protests against the military. Sunday’s killings bring 41 people dead in protests since the strike began on October 25, Sudan’s Central Committee of Doctors, which is in line with the protests, said.

After the agreement, Hamdok said he had joined the agreement to protect more people from injuries.

“Sudanese blood is precious, let us stop shedding blood and improve the capacity of young people to build and develop,” he said at a signing ceremony on state television.

Al-Burhan said the agreement would be inclusive. “We do not want to leave anyone except, as we have agreed, the National Congress Party,” he said, referring to al-Bashir’s former party.

However, the treaty did not mention the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC), a civilian coalition that shared power with the military prior to its takeover.

The FFC says it does not recognize any alliance with the military.

“We affirm our clear and informed views in the past: there is no negotiation and no agreement and no sanction for the putschists,” the agreement said in a statement.

An elderly Sudanese man illuminates a victory sign with protesters demanding his return to Khartoum’s capital, November 21. [AFP]

Those who committed and supported the conspiracy should face justice, it said.

Several opposition committees that have been protesting have also issued statements condemning any alliance with the military.

Hamdok was detained as a result of a military coup, which led to a 2023 election.

The military ousted Hamdok’s prime minister and detained a number of civilians who held senior positions under the auspices of a power-sharing deal agreed upon following al-Bashir’s ouster.

Under Sunday’s agreement, the legal announcement made between the military and civilians in 2019 remains the basis for further negotiations.

Western powers that have backed Sudan’s political reforms have condemned the seizure last month and suspend economic aid to Sudan, which has been trying to recover from the economic crisis.

The United Nations welcomed the agreement on Sunday but said all parties must “deal with unresolved issues to end collective political change, respecting human rights and the rule of law”.

“We also hope that all those arrested on October 25 or later will be released as soon as possible as a precautionary measure,” UN said Sudan.

Sudanese protests against the occupation, which led to the country’s transition to democracy, in Khartoum, Sudan, on Sunday. [Marwan Ali/AP Photo]