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Pressure on Bashir builds as calls for Sudan transition grow
Thousands of people remained at the army's headquarters on Tuesday night -- where they have been encamped since Saturday -- bathed in a sea of light as they held up their mobile phones as torches.
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Gunshots, tear gas fired at Sudan protest site: witnesses
Witnesses and a protester said security forces of the powerful National Intelligence and Security Service and riot police were firing tear gas in a bid to disperse the demonstrators from the military complex.
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What next for Sudan's Bashir?
So far, the army has not intervened, but agents of the powerful National Intelligence and Security Service and riot police have cracked down on demonstrators.
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Sudanese army blocks attempt to disperse protesters - witnesses
They said riot police and secret service personnel charged the demonstrators with pickup trucks while firing tear gas, trying to disperse the crowd.
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Seven protesters dead in Sudan demos dispersed since Saturday - minister
The latest deaths take the overall death toll to 38 since the protests against Bashir's government erupted in December, according to officials.
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Sudan army deploys as protesters keep pressure on Bashir: witnesses
Several vehicles carrying intelligence agency members and riot police arrived in the early hours Monday at the protest site, witnesses told AFP.
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Sudanese protesters hold second day of sit-in outside Bashir's compound
Security forces have used tear gas, stun grenades and live ammunition to disperse protests, witnesses have said.
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Sudan protesters reach army HQ for first time - witnesses
6 April was chosen for the nationwide rallies as it was the day of a 1985 uprising that toppled the then regime of president Jaafar Nimeiri.
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Sudan frees editor held for criticising emergency rule
The US-educated engineer turned journalist has often been targeted by security agents, who have detained him several times, confiscated copies of his newspaper or barred its publication without giving any reason.
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Nile crisis must be solved to avoid conflict - report
Egypt, which relies almost totally on the Nile for irrigation and drinking water, fears the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam being built on the Blue Nile could reduce its water supplies.
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Sudan opposition leader held in protest crackdown freed: party
Omar el-Digeir, the chief of the opposition Sudanese Congress Party, was arrested and jailed days following protests that erupted on 19 December.
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Sudan opposition leader held in protest crackdown freed - party
Omar el-Digeir, the chief of the opposition Sudanese Congress Party, was arrested days after protests erupted on December 19 after a government decision to triple the price of bread.
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Sudanese opposition party leader calls on Bashir to step down
The call comes after a week of successive measures aimed at combating an unprecedented wave of protests threatening Bashir’s three-decade rule.
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Sudan's Bashir hands party leadership to new deputy
Demonstrations and deadly clashes have rocked Bashir's iron-fisted rule since December, and last week he imposed a year-long state of emergency to quell the protests.
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Sudan jails eight over banned protests
Chanting their rallying cry of "freedom, peace, justice," the crowds gathered in several districts of the two cities before being confronted by security forces with tear gas, witnesses said.
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Sudan protesters rally despite Bashir ban
Last week, President Omar al-Bashir declared a year-long state of emergency and issued a slew of orders to curb nationwide protests against his rule.
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Sudan's Bashir bans protests in new emergency measures
The decrees came amid fresh protests in various parts of the capital Khartoum, where security forces used tear gas against hundreds of students demonstrating inside the campus of the country’s oldest women’s university.
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Sudan's defense minister named first vice president
President Omar al-Bashir declared a one-year nationwide state of emergency on Friday and set up a caretaker administration but retained his defense, foreign and justice ministers.
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Sudan's Bashir declares state of emergency, dissolves government
Bashir set up a caretaker administration comprising a senior official from each ministry but kept the defence, foreign and justice ministers in place.
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Sudanese security forces arrest prominent party leaders - opposition member
This would amount to the largest crackdown against the opposition in one day since protests against Omar al-Bashir’s rule began two months ago.
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Sudan protesters remain resilient, but Bashir unbowed
As the protest campaign against Bashir's regime enters its third month on Tuesday, demonstrators are pressing on with rallies despite a show of defiance from the veteran leader and a sweeping crackdown by the authorities
