Sudan: Darfur comes to Khartoum
Soldiers opened fire on pro-democracy demonstrators, and militiamen roam the city. The hopes which came with the fall of President Bashir seem to have been dashed.
Soldiers opened fire on pro-democracy demonstrators, and militiamen roam the city. The hopes which came with the fall of President Bashir seem to have been dashed. Also in this edition: tens of thousands demonstrate in Prague calling for the prime minister to go; ebola cases in DR Congo pass 2000; a Western aircraft lands in Pakistan for the first time in 11 years; and 30 years after Tiananmen, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Beijing correspondent at the time says the Communist party is still running scared.
(Picture: Sudanese forces disperse the sit-in in front of military headquarters in Khartoum.
Credit: AFP/Getty)
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