Al-Bashir's Protest Crackdown Leaves at Least 37 Dead in Sudan

  • Protesters are calling for Sudan’s president to step down
  • Grievances include rising inflation and food shortages
Al-Bashir's Crackdown Leaves 37 Dead
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The death toll from a week of demonstrations against rising inflation and food shortages in Sudan rose to more than 37, Sudanese doctors said, as protests against the nearly 30-year-rule of President Umar al-Bashir snowballed.

“The number is higher than 37 as new protesters have been killed,” the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said in a statement.