BY VOA NEWS Riot police fired tear gas at thousands of protesters in Sudan’s capital on Sunday, as demonstrations calling for President Omar al-Bashir to step down continued for the third week.
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Gov’t crackdown so far killed over 40 protesters BY ASSOCIATED PRESS Sudan’s largest opposition groups on Thursday called for a fresh wave of protests to demand that President Omar al-Bashir step down, as the longtime ruler made another attempt at staunching popular discontent by promising wage hikes and appealing to patriotism.
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BY THE NEW YORK TIMES This was meant to be a new era for Sudan. Last year the United States ended two decades of sanctions that President Omar al-Bashir had long blamed for his country’s poverty and isolation, a move that promised new investment, perhaps even an economic rebirth.
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BY REUTERS Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani called Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Saturday to express his support for Sudan after days of anti-government protests, Bashir’s office said in a statement.
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“Peaceful demonstrations were derailed and transformed by infiltrators into subversive activity targeting public institutions and property, burning, destroying and burning some police headquarters” – gov’t spokesman Bishara Jumaa. BY AGENCIES * At least eight people have been killed in protests that have swept across Sudan for a second consecutive day amid rising public anger over […]
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BY KHALID ABDELAZIZ | REUTERS Many cash machines in the Sudanese capital have run out of banknotes as the government scrambles to prevent economic collapse with a sharp devaluation and emergency austerity measures.
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BY RADIO DABANGA Hundreds of residents took to the streets of the Geziratelfil district of Wad Madani, capital of El Gezira, on Tuesday evening to demonstrate in protest against the fuel crisis, the rise of prices and lack of basic commodities. Cattle are dying of thirst in White Nile state.
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Central bank introduced restrictions on withdrawals, leaving many unable to extract their cash from banks BY SUDAN TRIBUNE Sudan’s inflation rate has risen to 55,6% in March compared to 54,34% in February, reported the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBoS) In January, the director of the Troubled Currencies Programme at Johns Hopkins University Steve Hanke said […]
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