Sudan police use tear gas as three are die in protests

SUDANESE police used tear gas to disperse “illegal” protests against the 30-year rule of President Omar al-Bashir in the city of Omdurman in which three people were killed, state news agency Suna said on Thursday

Protesters have been staging demonstrations almost daily for weeks, enraged by shortages of bread and foreign currency. The unrest has come as the ruling party has pressed ahead with plans to change the constitution so Mr Bashir can stay in office beyond his present term, which ends in 2020.

Mr Bashir vowed at a rally of thousands of supporters in the capital Khartoum on Wednesday that he would stay in power.