Protester died of wounds sustained after he was "hit in the abdomen by a bullet fired by security forces," says Central Committee of Sudan Doctors, taking total death toll from military crackdown on demonstrations to 120.
At least 118 people have been killed while demanding a return to civilian rule, which is a condition set by Western governments to resume crucial aid, currently halted as a result of the military coup.
It was not immediately clear what started the fighting between members of rival ethnic Nuba and Misseriya people in the town of Lagawa.
Future heads of state and prime ministers will be appointed by civilian political groups, military officials say, without indicating when power might be returned to civilians.
The number of people killed by floods and heavy rains reaches at least 112 in Sudan as its wet season continues to wreck property, infrastructure and crops.
Witnesses say they heard shooting and that houses had been burnt in Blue Nile state, where seven people were killed and over 20 suffered injuries.
The pro-democracy Central Committee of Sudan Doctors says a male protester was shot in the stomach by security forces, while police say protesters fatally stabbed a police brigadier general.
Karim Khan is in Sudan a year after he visited the country for talks on outstanding arrest warrants over crimes committed during the 2003 Darfur war under ousted president Omar al Bashir.
Abiy Ahmed and Abdel Fattah al Burhan meet on the sidelines of a regional conference in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
The announcement was made by Sudan's Sovereignty Council Leader General Abdel Fattah al Burhan after the death of eight people on Thursday during protests against his military leadership that seized power eight months ago.
UN’s rights commissioner Bachelet urged Sudanese authorities to have a proportionate approach to protests, blaming security forces for using live bullets against protesters.
Sudan’s leading pro-democracy groups had called for nationwide protest on Thursday to reiterate their demands for a reversal of the October 25 military coup.
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