"Many Photos" - How a female protester singing songs of revolution became symbol of Sudanese demonstrations

A woman standing proudly before crowds in Khartoum to sing revolutionary songs has become a symbol for the protest movement in Sudan.

The picture was captured on Monday evening on the third day of mass demonstrations against President Omar al-Bashir outside the heavily guarded central military complex.

Lana Haroun's image has been shared thousands of times and shows the woman dressed in white with large golden earrings, gesturing boldly before crowds while she sings her song. 

The woman chanted, 'In the name of religion they burnt us,' while the crowd called back, 'Revolution!' 

The woman can be seen dressed all in white, with golden earrings, as she stands on the roof of a car on Monday evening close to the heavily guarded intelligence headquarters in central Khartoum

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir delivers a speech at the Presidential Palace in Khartoum, Sudan February 22, 2019

Demonstrators take part in a protest demanding the departure of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, in Khartoum on Tuesday evening

Sudanese protesters carry the national flag as they gather during an anti-government demonstration in front of the military headquarters in the capital Khartoum

Haroun told CNN: 'She was representing all Sudanese women and girls and she inspired every woman and girl at the sit-in. She was telling the story of Sudanese women. ... She was perfect.'

She had rushed over to take a picture of the woman as many could be seen holding their phones up high to record the moment. 

Even her clothing was said to hark back to the garments worn by brides of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and the demonstrations against military regimes from women in those eras.

Thousands of people remained at the army's headquarters on Tuesday night - where they have been encamped since Saturday - bathed in a sea of light as they held up their mobile phones as torches.

Angry protesters chanting 'overthrow, overthrow,' have taken to the streets of the capital and towns and villages across the country since December, in the biggest challenge yet to Bashir's two-decade rule.

The country's police on Tuesday ordered its personnel to avoid intervening against the demonstrators.

'We call on God to preserve the security and calm of our country ... and to unite the Sudanese people... for an agreement which would support the peaceful transition of power,' a police spokesman said in a statement. 

The demonstrators blame Bashir - who came to power in a 1989 coup - for a worsening economic crisis.

The protest movement had reached a new peak on Saturday when demonstrators braved volleys of tear gas to reach the military complex, urging the top brass to back them.

A Sudanese woman is surrounded by men as they protest the government in central Khartoum on Tuesday evening

Smiling demonstrators hold their flag as they take part in protests, with military personnel keeping watch over the citizens

A Sudanese woman with her face painted in the Arabic words "Just fall, that's all" flashes the victory gesture during protests

Soldiers meanwhile foiled repeated attempts by the feared National Intelligence and Security Service's agents to disperse the demonstrators with tear gas, witnesses said. 

On Tuesday the United States, the United Kingdom and Norway for the first time threw their weight behind the protesters, calling for a credible political transition plan in Sudan.

'The time has come for the Sudanese authorities to respond to these popular demands in a serious' way, the diplomatic missions of the three countries said in a joint statement.

'The Sudanese authorities must now respond and deliver a credible plan for this political transition.'

Washington had imposed a trade embargo on Sudan in 1997 for Khartoum's alleged links to Islamist groups - sanctions that were only lifted in October 2017.

The protesters' Saturday move on the sprawling military complex has triggered the largest demonstrations seen yet in the nearly four-month-long movement.

Demonstrators continue to make their feelings known on the fourth day of mass protests as the army said they would not allow for chaos to take hold

Men smile as they hold the V for victory sign in central Khartoum during protests on Tuesday evening

Men and women can be seen gathered to call for the end of Bashir's regime on Tuesday evening

Security agents twice fired tear gas on Tuesday at the protesters in abortive bids to end their sit-in, protest organisers said. 

The demonstrators have called on the army to protect them from the deadly crackdown by riot police and security agents during their four days camped outside its headquarters. 

Defence Minister General Awad Ibnouf has vowed the army would prevent any slide into chaos.

'Sudan's armed forces understand the reasons for the demonstrations and is not against the demands and aspirations of the citizens, but it will not allow the country to fall into chaos,' Ibnouf said on Monday, according to state media.

The umbrella group spearheading the protests has appealed to the army for talks on forming a transitional government.

Omar el-Digeir, a senior member of the group, said protest organisers had formed a council to open talks aimed at agreeing a 'transitional government that represents the wish of the revolution'.

Sudanese military soldiers look on as demonstrators attend a protest on Monday evening

Sudanese demonstrators chant slogans as they attend a protest rally demanding Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir to step down, outside the defence ministry in Khartoum

Officials say 38 people have died in protest-related violence since December.

But the country's main opposition leader and a key protest organiser Sadiq al-Mahdi said 20 people had been killed by masked men in morning attacks on the sit-in since it began on Saturday.

Bashir, who toppled Mahdi's government in the 1989 coup, is wanted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague on charges of war crimes and genocide connected with the suppression of an ethnic minority rebellion in the western region of Darfur.

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