A solider has been killed while trying to protect protesters outside Sudan’s military headquarters in Khartoum, activists say.Clashes have broken out after Sudanese security forces in pick-up trucks used live fire, rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse an anti-government sit-in outside the compound, according to the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), which is spearheading the demonstrations.Thousands of people rallied in front of the military headquarters over the weekend in one of the biggest demonstrations since protests erupted in December.The protesters set up tents on Saturday in what appeared to be an effort to replicate the mass sit-ins of the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011.Activists are calling for President Omar al-Bashir to step down. Advertisement The North African country’s government is facing protests due to mismanagement of Sudan’s economy.Food prices are soaring and there are regular shortages of fuel and foreign currency. More from UK Girl, 15, arrested over death of newborn baby in Herefordshire Hope for UK mum facing jail in UAE for calling ex’s new wife a ‘horse’ three years ago The ‘secret’ code if you call 999 but cannot speak ‘My stalker ex almost killed me – and my 999 call failed’ Theresa May not dropping her red… Read full this story
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