Three protesters have been killed during an anti-government demonstration in\u00a0Sudan\u00a0even as thousands chanted support for President\u00a0Omar al-Bashir\u00a0at a rival rally in the capital, Khartoum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sudan’s official SUNA news agency on Wednesday said Khartoum’s twin city, Omdurman, “witnessed riots and illegal gatherings” that were dispersed by tear gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police spokesman\u00a0Hashim Abdelrahim\u00a0confirmed\u00a0that three protesters had died and several injured\u00a0during the anti-government demonstrations.READ MOREFuture unclear as Sudan protesters and president at loggerheads<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We are investigating,” he said, without specifying how the protesters died. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wednesday’s competing rallies in Sudan followed a month of angry street protests over a government decision to triple the price of bread at a time when the country faces an acute shortage of foreign currency and a high inflation rate of 70 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Authorities say at least 22 people, including two security personnel, have been killed\u00a0since December 19 during the demonstrations.\u00a0Human Rights Watch\u00a0has put the death toll at 40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Wednesday, about 300 protesters, chanting “freedom, peace and justice”, blocked a key road in Omdurman, but were quickly confronted with tear gas as riot police moved in to disperse them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Protesters are demanding the removal of President Bashir, the 74-year-old general-turned-politician, who has ruled the North African state since 1989.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than 800 people have been arrested since the unrest began, said officials, insisting that the situation has now stabilised even as protests rumbled on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Separately, supporters of Bashir\u00a0staged\u00a0a rally in Khartoum on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dressed in a khaki shirt and trousers and waving a stick, a smiling Bashir greeted the cheering crowd as men and women, who arrived in buses from early in the morning, whistled and waved flags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sudan’s ruling party has pressed ahead with plans to change the constitution, so Bashir can stay in office beyond his present term, which ends in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source: Aljazeera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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