Sudanese security forces fired tear gas in Khartoum on Sunday at thousands protesting for civilian rule and against a military coup that took place last year, an AFP correspondent said. Pro-democracy activists have upped calls for protests to restore a transition to civilian rule since the 25 October military takeover led by general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. The coup, one of several in Sudan’s post-independence history, derailed a power-sharing arrangement between the army and civilians that had been painstakingly negotiated after the 2019 ouster of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir. Sunday’s dem…