Security forces in Sudan killed a demonstrator on Saturday amid the latest large protests against last year’s military coup, medics said.

The unidentified protester died after “receiving a bullet to the chest” during marches in Khartoum, according to the pro-democracy Central Committee of Sudan Doctors.

The latest death raises the total to 97 from a crackdown on anti-coup protests that have occurred on a regular basis since the October 25 military putsch led by army leader Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, according to the committee.

Thousands of people marched to the streets in Khartoum on Saturday to protest the military takeover and renew calls for civilian rule.

The coup upended a transition to civilian rule after the 2019 ouster of autocratic President Omar Al-Bashir, following mass protests against his three decades of iron-fisted rule.

Sudan, one of the world’s poorest countries, has been reeling from a plunging economy due to decades of international isolation and mismanagement under Bashir.

The United Nations, along with the African Union and regional bloc IGAD, has been pushing to facilitate Sudanese-led talks to resolve the crisis.

But civilian forces have refused to enter negotiations involving the military, while Burhan has repeatedly threatened to expel UN envoy Volker Perthes, accusing him of “interference” in the country’s affairs.

Sudan has suffered from international aid cuts and economic turmoil since the coup.

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