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| Sudan: Opposition Repeats Call for Intifada |
| 2018-04-30 |
| [All Africa] The National Consensus Forces (NCF) alliance of opposition parties has called on the Sudanese people to stand up against the "oppressive Khartoum regime". According to the National Umma Party (NUP), Sudan has reached "a state of complete bankruptcy". In a statement on Thursday, the NCF pointed to the ongoing deterioration of the situation in the country. "It is going from bad to worse because of the failing government and its clumsy policies on all levels." According to allied opposition, "the only option" to save Sudan is "to take to the streets, embark on a political strike, and carry out various forms of civil disobedience in order to bring down the oppressive Khartoum regime". The NCF urged the people to establish district or village committees to organise the uprising. The statement pointed to the public protests in January, against renewed austerity measures that led to the doubling and in some cases tripling of the prices of basic consumer goods. The authorities reacted by detaining not only demonstrators, but also dozens of opposition leaders. A number of journalists, including correspondents of foreign press agencies, were held as well. |
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