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Sudan street protests after death of demonstrator
Demonstrators chant slogans as they protest outside the courthouse where the trial is held for Sudan's ousted president Omar al-Bashir along with 27 co-accused, over the 1989 military coup that brought Bashir to power, in the capital Khartoum on September 15, 2020.
Photo credit: Ebrahim Hamid | AFP
What you need to know:
- Sudan has embarked on a rocky transition under a joint civilian-military administration since the ouster of president Omar al-Bashir in April 2019, but it has struggled with severe economic woes and skyrocketing consumer prices.
- On Friday, the Sudanese Professionals Association, a trade union alliance that spearheaded the demonstrations against Bashir, called for the rallies to demand justice for the protester who was killed.
Khartoum,
Hundreds of protesters marched in Sudan Friday for a third day running, demanding justice for a man killed in earlier demonstrations over a deepening economic crisis, an AFP correspondent said.
