Army troops in Sudan intervene to protect anti-government protesters from security forces who were trying to disperse the crowd in capital Khourtum
Sudanese protesters gather in front of the military headquarters on April 7, 2019, in the capital Khartoum, Sudan.
But witnesses and activists said that soldiers guarding the compound had come out to protect the demonstrators, firing warning shots in the air. "The crowd in front of the general command has been cleared completely, in a way that resulted in no casualties among all parties ... Mostly small but sustained protests have been staged regularly since December, when the government tried to raise bread prices.
Demonstrators accuse Bashir, who is wanted by international prosecutors for alleged war crimes in the westerly Darfur region, of presiding over years of repression and promoting policies that devastated the economy.Memorandum to army
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