Sudanese protesters wave national flags at the sit-in outside the military headquarters, in Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, May 2, 2019. Sudan’s protesters are holding a mass rally to step up pressure on the military to hand power to civilians following last month’s overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir. (Salih Basheer/Associated Press)KHARTOUM, Sudan — A Sudanese protester has died after being shot during clashes with security forces at a sit-in in the western Darfur region. Maj. Gen. Hashim Mahmoud, the governor of south Darfur province, says around 5,000 people marched to the facility from a nearby displaced persons camp, and that security forces used tear gas to try and disperse them. The government launched a scorched-earth campaign in response to an insurgency in Darfur in the early 2000s.

Source: Washington Post May 05, 2019 12:11 UTC