Crowds of Sudanese waving flags and chanting “we toppled two presidents in two days” celebrated in the capital late Friday after the country’s military council chief stepped down a day after he was sworn in. “We have done it, we have done it,” shouted young men and women as they drove across Khartoum after General […]
President Omar al-Bashir
Sudan: anti-government protesters turn out across the country
Tens of thousands of protesters joined in fresh anti-government marches across Sudan on Saturday in what organizers said was one of the largest turnouts in more than three months of demonstrations calling for embattled President Omar al-Bashir to step down. The demonstrations began in December over price hikes and food shortages, and quickly escalated into […]
Protest leaders dismiss Sudan emergency, demand Bashir quit
Sudanese protest leaders on Saturday dismissed veteran President Omar al-Bashir’s declaration of a state of emergency and vowed to keep up nationwide demonstrations until his “regime is overthrown.” Bashir’s three-decade rule has been rocked by two months of protests that a deadly crackdown has failed to suppress and on Friday he imposed a nationwide state […]