Demonstrations in a number of Sudanese cities, including the capital, Khartoum, took place yesterday, and the gathering of Sudanese professionals leading the demonstrations said that there were 33 demonstrations, while Reuters reported that police fired tear gas at protesters in the district of Berri in Khartoum and north of the capital.
Hundreds of protestors gathered in the main market area of the eastern city of Gedaref in response to calls for demonstrations, one of them in the direction of the presidential palace in Khartoum, to demand President Omar al-Bashir step down.
The gathering of Sudanese professionals in a statement on the site «Facebook», yesterday, that the demonstrations included areas of «Arbji, Sennar, Hebrew, Berri, Dium, Kalakla, Jabra, National University, Movements, Gedaref, Madani, Umm Talh village, state Al-Shabaab, Al-Sahabi, Al-Shibairab, Al-Haj Yousuf, Al-Baha'i, Al-Jarif East, Ambedah, Al-Muraida, Shambat Al-Hilla, Abbasiyah.
The Sudanese Teachers' Committee issued a statement calling on teachers to participate actively in what they called "processions of change" called for by the gathering of professionals. "History records attitudes, and as leaders of consciousness, leaders and preachers of societies, at this moment, So do not be shy. "
On the other hand, an element of the Sudanese intelligence service was killed in a clash with a group of soldiers in the town of Port Sudan, overlooking the Red Sea, according to police.
The clash between elements of the Sudanese National Security and Intelligence Service and a group of soldiers occurred late on Sunday, according to a statement by the Red Sea police chief Mohammed Musa Omar.
"There was friction between members of the armed forces and members of the security and intelligence services. As a result, a number of them were wounded and taken to hospital, and a member of the security and intelligence services lost his life," Omar said.
"The situation was contained by the leadership of the two parties, and the situation in the state is stable," Omar said in the statement. A number of residents of Port Sudan told AFP that the clashes were close to the coast, forcing cafes and restaurants nearby to close their doors.