Protesters at crossroads in Sudan

CAIRO, July 03 (AP): The mass marches held in Sudan this week breathed new life into the uprising that toppled long-ruling autocrat Omar al-Bashir, but the protesters and the ruling military council remain at an impasse amid fears the country could slide into further chaos.

Tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of the capital, Khartoum, and other areas on Sunday, vowing to complete the revolution they launched in December.

Nearly a dozen people were killed in clashes as security forces prevented the demonstrators from reaching the military headquarters and the Nile-side presidential palace.

It was the biggest show of determination by the protesters since security forces violently dispersed their main sit-in outside the military headquarters on June 03, killing at least 128 people.

That triggered the suspension of talks on forming a transitional government just as the two sides seemed on the verge of an agreement.