Sudanese police have fired tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters in the capital Khartoum ahead of a planned march against a deteriorating economic condition in the African country.
The violence took place on Monday as public calls for the resignation of the country’s President Omar al-Bashir have escalated in the wake of deadly anti-government demonstrations over the past weeks.
The Sudanese government deployed hundreds of policemen and security forces to key squares across the capital in the early morning to prevent the march against rising prices as well as food and fuel shortages.
Reports said crowds of people gathered in downtown Khartoum, chanting “freedom, peace and justice,” and “revolution is the people’s choice,” before they were confronted by anti-riot police.