Protests
broke out in Khartoum and other Sudanese cities
in late September when the government had difficulties in making the ends meet from
the loss of oil revenues after the independence of South
Sudan . In order to get balance, the government lifted the gasoline
subsidies twice as much as they used to be which resulted in all prices soaring
up.
People there
were unsatisfied with the government’s decision and demonstrations are growing.
The security forces tried firing tear gas to deter the protestors which turned
out that more and more angry people were engaged in the protest, so police
started applying live ammunition to repel crowd.
Protestors released from the arrest claimed
that they had been abused during the custody and some innocent people who were
mistakenly arrested said they had been insulted physically and mentally.
The authorities proclaimed that nearly 70
people died in the violence and that 700 people were arrested and the
government would still react forcefully towards those “destructive actions ”.
by Vanilla(Tang Min)
ReplyDeleteAfter the independence of South Sudan,it becomes one of poorest countries in the world.Potential worries of the war between south and north still exist because most oil resources are controlled by the north of Sudan.No matter what reasons,such as economic,political and religious factors,the victims are always common people.
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