Sudan’s Opposition Calls for More Protests

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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Sudan’s Price Protests Turn Deadly

“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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Sudan’s Inflation Climbs Over 55 pct in March

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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