Two more protesters were murdered in yesterday’s Marches of the Millions in Omdurman and Khartoum. At least 87 protesters have now been killed since the October 25 military coup. An 11-year-old boy was shot in the chest in Omdurman, the Socialist Doctors Association (SDA) reported.
Mubarak Hamed (20) was wounded by three bullets in the foot on Tuesday evening, in front of his house in the Amara neighbourhood in Saraf Omra in North Darfur.
The Sudanese Teachers Committee announced the implementation of a comprehensive scheduled strike in all states of Sudan starting today, following the Ministry of Finance, Jibril Ibrahim’s failure to meet the deadline set by the committee in fulfilling the teachers’ demands.
The Sudan-South Sudan disputed border area of Abyei, witnessed extremely bloody attacks by armed herdsman that resulted in the deaths of at least 27 people and four injured on March 6.
Sudan’s Minister of Finance and head of the Justice and Equality Movement, Jibril Ibrahim, declared the government’s official position in buying wheat crops from farmers at a price of SDG43,000 per 100kg sack.