CONFISCATEDSeveral newspapers have criticised the decision concerning wheat imports, while the country's opposition groups called for nationwide demonstrations against the price rise. PRESS FREEDOMEditors of other newspapers also confirmed to AFP that NISS agents had confiscated the entire print runs of their Sunday editions. An opposition group said its members were also targeted after the call for nationwide demonstrations against the price rise. Two senior leaders of the opposition Sudanese Congress Party have been detained by NISS agents, the party said in a statement. TARGETSOn Saturday, police fired tear gas at groups of students protesting the price rise in the central Sudanese town of Sennar, witnesses told AFP.

Source: Daily Nation January 07, 2018 15:33 UTC