{{Angry mobs Monday set on fire Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP) offices at Wad Medani city, witnesses said.}}
Protest demonstrations that have also taken place in the capital Khartoum, are in reaction to the government’s austerity measures announced by President Hassan Omar al-Bashir on Sunday..
The measures include lifting the subsidies on petroleum products.
The protests started at Khartoum universities after the price of petrol rose sharply from $10 to $16 (12.5 to 21 Sudanese pounds) per gallon.
Other areas hit by the protests include Algadarif and Port Sudan cities in the east, and Nyala, the biggest city in the troubled Darfur region in the west.
Eyewitnesses in Wad Medani told the Africa Review by phone that the masses had taken control of the city after burning the headquarters of the local government and the ruling NCP.
They confirmed that the Sudanese armed forces had been deployed to confront the situation.
“The police have used tear gas and fired ammunition, but they failed to control the situation. We are controlling everything in the city, we expelled the police from the streets and we believe that the army will very soon join us,” said Ms Insaf Ahmed, an activist from Medani.
She called on President Bashir to immediately resign and stop the Sudanese bloodshed.
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