Khartoum (AFP) – Sudanese police Wednesday fired tear gas at crowds of anti-government protesters in Kassala, witnesses said, in the first such demonstration held in the eastern town bordering Eritrea.
Protesters chanting “Freedom, justice and peace” took to the streets but were swiftly confronted by riot police, witnesses told AFP by telephone.
It came just days after crowds held a rally in the town in support of President Omar al-Bashir.
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