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Demonstrators clashed with security forces on the streets of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, as they marched to the presidential palace to demand the resignation of President Omar al-Bashir. Some protesters and eyewitnesses reported that security force…
Demonstrators clashed with security forces on the streets of the capital in the latest demonstration against President Omar al-Bashir.
Led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudis have used their oil wealth to outsource the war, primarily by hiring desperate survivors of Sudan’s conflict.
The police used tear gas and fired in the air to try to disperse thousands of protesters calling on Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Sudan’s president of 29 years, to step down.
President Omar Hassan al-Bashir’s government is facing a crisis of legitimacy, analysts say, with inflation that leaves some Sudanese spending 40 percent of their incomes just on bread.
The demonstrations over rising prices and a nationwide cash shortage are the largest in Sudan in five years.