KHARTOUM: Sudanese protest leaders on Saturday dismissed veteran President Omar al-Bashir's declaration of a state of emergency and vowed to keep up nationwide demonstrations until his "regime is overthrown." But protest organisers and their supporters in the political opposition, said the state of emergency showed that Bashir's government was weakened and only its overthrow would now satisfy the protesters. "Dissolving the government and imposing a state of emergency is nothing but a repetition of this regime's failures," it said. - Recovery now 'less likely' -Analysts said the state of emergency was an act of desperation that would make it even harder to turn round the economy and ease public anger. But the president's promise of a government of technocrats carries little credibility after so many years of economic mismanagement.

Source: Bangkok Post February 23, 2019 13:18 UTC