Economics
Sudan Protesters Demand Al-Bashir Step Down Amid Shortages
- Demonstrations have rocked African nation’s major cities
- Main opposition party urging members to take to the streets
A Sudanese man works at a bakery in the capital Khartoum on Jan. 5, 2018.
Photographer: Ashraf Shazly/AFP via Getty Images
This article is for subscribers only.
At least eight people have been killed across Sudan, officials said, as demonstrations against soaring prices and shortages rock the capital and other cities, with protesters burning tires and demanding President Umar al-Bashir step down.
A state of emergency was declared in Gadaref state, which borders Ethiopia, after about six people died and many others were injured, local commissioner Altybe Alamin said late Thursday in a statement.