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More Protests Expected in Sudan Against al-Bashir's Rule

by Associated Press

   CAIRO --

   Demonstrators are gathering in Sudan's capital and eastern cities to
   memorialize those killed in protests against autocratic President Omar
   al-Bashir, on the anniversary of a 2005 killing of protesters in Port
   Sudan.

   Tuesday's demonstrations are expected to be larger than recent ones.
   Sudanese have lately taken to demonstrations that attempt to avoid
   crackdowns by the police, protesting in local squares and neighborhoods
   sometimes blocked off with cars or makeshift barricades.

   The current wave of protests began Dec. 19 in opposition to surging
   prices and a failing economy that doesn't produce enough jobs for
   Sudanese, but quickly shifted to calls for an end to al-Bashir's three
   decades of rule.

   Al-Bashir, who seized power in a military coup, insists that only
   elections, which he intends to run in, could bring change.