Sudan journalists strike as more protests urged

Demonstrators have been marching against Sudan’s dire economic situation and some have called for the president to resign.

After the protests erupted Bashir vowed to make “real reforms” to tackle the country’s financial difficulties.

Sudan is facing an acute foreign currency crisis and soaring inflation, despite the lifting of an economic embargo by Washington in October 2017.

Inflation is running at 70 percent and the Sudanese pound has plunged in value, while shortages of bread and fuel have regularly hit several cities.