Sudan on Thursday marks one week since the army ousted president Omar al-Bashir after protests against his 30-year rule, but the “revolution” remains unfinished as demonstrators campaign against their new military leaders. On April 11, the army removed Bashir as tens of thousands of protesters camped outside its headquarters in central Khartoum demanding support in […]
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Troop presence reinforced as Sudan sit-in continues for the fifth day
Soldiers were heavily deployed around a sit-in outside Sudan’s defence ministry on Wednesday, as several thousand protesters danced, sang and chanted slogans calling on President Omar al-Bashir to step down. The demonstrators have been camped since Saturday outside the compound, which also includes Bashir’s residence and the national security headquarters, in an escalation of protests […]