Evening wrap up: Protests quiet at sundown

Good evening readers,

We are wrapping up our live blog for today as protests in Sudan wind down for the night, but Middle East Eye will continue to monitor the situation in the coming hours on our website.

Sudan coup 2021: Deadly cracks down ignites against renewed anti-military protests

The main takeaways of this Saturday:

- Security forces began dispersing demonstrations, which took place across Sudan today, as soon as they began to gather in the early afternoon.

- At least five pro-democracy protesters were killed.

- Troops loyal to General Burhan stormed Al-Arbaeen hospital in Omdurman, assaulting the wounded and medical staff.

- Internet in the country remains down, marking 20 days since the outage began.