Massive Sudan protests against Bashir have been met with brutality by dictatorship losing control

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Sudan fuel price hikes aim to avert ‘collapse’: Bashir

AFP – Fuel price hikes that sparked deadly protests in Sudan were aimed preventing economic meltdown, President Omar al-Bashir said Tuesday in his first comments on the unrest that has left simmering discontent.

This week we are focused on Sudan, where videos by protesters and bystanders are documenting violent clashes with the police. Because of press censorship and disputed statements from the government regarding the deaths of protesters.