Sudanese protest leaders have called for a one-day nationwide “civil disobedience” campaign on July 14, in an announcement made on Monday a day after they organised mass protests against the ruling generals that rocked the country.

The move, which aims to increase pressure on the ruling generals to hand power to a civilian administration, will be preceded by mass protests on July 13, the Alliance for Freedom and Change said in a statement.

The civil disobedience campaign, the second of such general strike in less than a month, comes as protest leaders and ruling generals traded blame for the latest violence during the mass “million-man” march on Sunday that left 10 dead and scores wounded.

The Alliance for Freedom and Change's announcement of the civil disobedience campaign was posted on the Facebook page of the affiliated Sudanese Professionals Association group.

“On Sunday, July 14, a civil disobedience and total political strike in Khartoum and across all provinces will be held,” the movement said.

The SPA initiated the huge protests in December that finally led the army to topple longtime president Omar al-Bashir in April.

In the political instability that followed the generals seizing power, the protest leaders launched a similar civil disobedience campaign on June 9 that paralyzed the entire country, although they called it off three days later following mediation by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

Tens of thousands took to the streets for Sunday's "million-man" march, seen as a test for protest organisers after a June 3 raid on a Khartoum protest camp left dozen dead and a subsequent internet blackout curbed their ability to mobilise support.

But that did not prevent vast crowds of men and women, chanting slogans demanding "civilian rule", flooding the streets of Khartoum, twin city Omdurman and other towns and cities, AFP correspondents and witnesses reported.