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One Killed in Sudan as Thousands Rally for Faster Reform

Reuters

   KHARTOUM, SUDAN - One person was killed and several others injured
   during largely peaceful demonstrations in Sudan on Tuesday, a
   government spokesman said, as tens of thousands of people took to the
   streets demanding faster reform and greater civilian rule in the
   country's transition towarddemocracy.

   Waving Sudanese flags, protesters gathered in Khartoum and its twin
   cities Khartoum North and Omdurman after the government closed roads
   and bridges leading to the center of the capital in the largest
   demonstrations since a transitional government took power late last
   year following the ouster of Islamist ruler Omar al-Bashir after three
   decades.

   Similar protests took place across the country, including Kassala in
   eastern Sudan and in the restive region of Darfur. Protesters chanted
   "freedom, peace and justice," the slogan of the anti-Bashir movement.
   Some protesters blocked streets with burning tires.

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