Sudanese Protesters Insist President Bashir “Must Step Down”

Thousands of Sudanese held a second day of protests Sunday outside the army’s headquarters in Khartoum and in the vicinity chanting slogans against President Omar al-Bashir’s government, witnesses said.

Chanting “peace, justice, freedom” they massed outside the army headquarters which also houses Bashir’s official residence and the defence ministry, many of them having spent the night there.

“After what we did yesterday, we will not leave this area now until our mission is accomplished,” said protester Osama Ahmed, who spent the night outside the compound.

“We won’t leave this area until he steps down,” he said, referring to Bashir.

Some protesters also blocked a nearby bridge linking Khartoum with the northern Bahari district with rocks causing huge traffic jams, witnesses said.

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