The protests quickly escalated into anti-government demonstrations across cities and towns, with protesters calling on Bashir to step down. By AFPMore by this AuthorKHARTOUM,Crowds of Sudanese protesters chanted "freedom, freedom," as riot police fired tear gas on anti-government rallies in the capital and its twin city of Omdurman on Monday, witnesses said. They said protesters took to the streets in two districts of Khartoum and in Omdurman, across the Nile. Even as police fired tear gas, protesters kept up the "freedom, peace, justice" rallying cry of an anti-government campaign that erupted in December, witnesses said. The protests quickly escalated into anti-government demonstrations across cities and towns, with protesters calling on Bashir to step down.

Source: Daily Nation February 05, 2019 04:07 UTC