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Sudan police tear gas protesters ahead of parliament march: witnesses
KHARTOUM, Jan 20, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Sudanese police fired tear gas on Sunday
at protesters ahead of a planned march on parliament in Omdurman, the twin
city of Khartoum, witnesses said.
Demonstrators chanting “freedom, peace and justice” began gathering in
some areas of Omdurman but were quickly confronted by riot police with tear
gas, the witnesses said, as protest organisers called for new anti-government
rallies.
Deadly protests which erupted on December 19 after a government decision
to raise the price of bread have turned into nationwide rallies against
President Omar al-Bashir’s three decade rule.
BSS/AFP/ARS/1803 hrs