there's anger in the sudanese capital khartoum people in small numbers have been protesting against a sudden increase in prices of basic commodities it's not limited to southern. almost half of this it is us that have protested now but the focus is not that big because it's the. sheet in a very hard and violent way. red is the most important staple for most of the knees and the prices have gone up after the government began a series of reforms to improve the economy the government stop importing greek since last month hoping that it would create competition between private companies and bring down prices but bakery say they have raised prices due to a shortage of flour will have glowing done if they don't become verman says flour is subsidized by ten percent and they are saying they will remove it next month. one hundred sixty and next month it will reach five hundred fifty pounds and that's an increase of three hundred to four hundred percent and when i see. the price might be ok for me but not for other people some families couldn't even afford it when it was one pound. in line with

khartoum capital of sudan. the meeting point of the white nile from the great lakes region and the blue not from the ethiopian highlands. hamdi is a resident of tutti island where the two niles converge. he explains to his son the difference in the color of the waters. the white nile on the left and the blue nile on the right and how they join here to form one river flowing northwards to egypt. again that's how you made money the most beautiful thing distinguishing us from the rest of the world is the line of duty and love in your novel there is no other river like it it's a great river heavenly and the life around it is unique. in this small truck each day having the delivers vegetables across the river to the market of miles. away. and the. idea of the nile it take visible that girl here to the market how would i live otherwise and liberals way even with i will be buried by the live in. sudan's road to independence started in the middle of the twentieth century. in one nine hundred fifty three britain and egy

also in cuts by skype is better again sala who's a protester also a student at the university of khartoum gentlemen welcome to you both better david start with you you're currently as i understand it we saw you in our report a few moments ago you're currently in hiding from the police tell us why what's happened to you and your friends. and. their forces are. told. by. two to stop this. so they have got us to lots of people they have arrested lots of protestors and lost the. on the houses yesterday and on in a fall on top of this week they have arrested several but if you believe this so the parties that are going to have immunity allowed as you don't act and use activists the only message is to try to stop the call just that is what i'm going on this chase you use the word kidnapping there what happens to these people when security forces take them the way you've got personal experience of this because you've been arrested several times over the past twelve months have been to yad the kidnap i can call you kidnapping because the people whose are getting. their families. get the right of

government point of view but none would accept our invitation so let's join our guests for today from khartoum half is mohammed is the director of justice africa that's an advocacy organization and research institutes to campaign for human rights and social justice across africa also in cuts by skype is better again sala has a protester also a student at the university of khartoum gentlemen welcome to you both better david start with you you're currently as i understand it we saw you in a report a few moments ago you're currently in hiding from the police tell us why what's happened to you and your friends. and. their forces are. told. by. two to stop this. so you have about us to lots. and lots of protestors and lots though when can i ask them is on the houses yesterday and on in a fall on top of this week they have arrested several but he clearly does come so nobody that i'm going to yell loud as you don't act in this news activist only message is to try to stop the call just that is what i'm going on this chase you use the word kidnapping there what happens to these people when security for

right now in khartoum it's pretty quiet most of the properties have been happening here has been happening around one of sudan's mean aversives cartoon when you first there were students who were trying to go out on the streets to protest but they were met by riot police so they were prevented from coming out but we also know that protests happened around different parts of the country a student was killed in darfur and several opposition members of been arrested the sudanese congress party which is one of the major opposition parties in sudan reported that at least half a dozen of its members around the country have been arrested and that nearly a dozen of its students around the country have been arrested as well and they've been calling on the government to release them now let's remember that the protested not just because of the government lifting subsidies or subsidies of the wheat products in the country but also because of the the country's economic situation the dollar and the sudanese pounds the responsibility to the dollar has been devaluing sensor two thousand and five when it

the latest arrests issues surrounding press freedom in the country as head of morgan reports from khartoum. he's been walking through these gates every day for eight years but just who runs his own daily newspaper al-hayat says a lot has changed and not for the better he now has fewer staff because he can't afford to pay them all additions of his paper have been stopped from going on sale more than twenty times in the past year four times just this month and the. press freedom in sudan depends on the political atmosphere when we started working in the ninety's the freedom was much more than it is now so there are a lot of restrictions the government uses like confiscating the papers after printing to cause economic loss stopping some articles from being published restricting the movements of journalists it comes down to the political scene with no regard to the media laws i'll tell you it is one of more than have a dozen newspapers which were confiscated before hitting sudan streets in the past twelve months editors a national security agency a printing press houses confiscate additions th

around one of sudan's mean in khartoum university where students were trying to go out on the streets to protest but they were met by riot police so they were prevented from coming out and we also know that protests happened around different parts of the country a student was killed in darfur and several opposition members have been arrested the sudanese congress party which is one of the major opposition parties in sudan reported that at least half a dozen of its members around the country have been arrested and that nearly a dozen of its students around the country have been arrested as well and they've been calling on the government to release them now let's remember that the protested not just because of the government lifting subsidies or subsidies of the wheat products in the country but also because of the country's economic situation the dollar and the sudanese pounds the responsibility to the dollar has been devaluing sense two thousand and five when it was one one dollar to two sudanese pounds then it went on to want to eat in two thousand and twelve and wanted twenty eight

it recently deported to sudanese migrants in agreement with his counterpart in khartoum. both men were allegedly tortured upon their return. photos of the us olympic gymnastics team has been sentenced to between foresee a hundred and seventy five years in jail on multiple counts of sexual abuse against girls and young women. fifty four year old larry nast that was found guilty after trial in which over one hundred and fifty of his victims testified. judge dismissed his statement as insincere as he attempts to a apologize to e court judge rosary ackley that said it was her or not and privilege distances him. sorry the lebanese prime minister he said to saudi arabia designs and then returns to by reach usages resignation has been speaking to frustrate you full set the all time because of him at the world economic forum in davos and she asked him how much of a role from. late in resolving his country's missile crisis a sickness. the book will be stabbed the closer we much more stable now as you know we had a december conference in pari. with the international support group.

the shutting down of any outlet that doesn't follow a government line he will morgan al-jazeera khartoum to europe where workers are only as ousted leader colors pigeon war has arrived in denmark despite threats from the spaying that he'd be detained there on sunday spain's state prosecutor said it will real issue an arrest warrant for breach of war if he leaves belgium he says will to join the debate at the university of copenhagen and was invited to the danish parliament the former president of catalonia fled to brussels in october after his regional government declared independence from spain in a referendum ruled illegal by madrid. well undocumented students in the u.s. state of georgia say they're being forced to study in secret because of a law that bans them from the state's top universities politicians say the rule sends a strong message that illegal immigrants shouldn't be able to attend public colleges but activists have decided to fight back with an underground university of their own. reports from atlanta. in the. civil rights era songs have a special meaning for the students

there is anger in the sudanese capital khartoum in videos posted on social media people in small numbers have been protesting against a sudden increase in prices of basic commodities. it's not limited to southern. almost half of this it is us that have protesting now but the voters. because it's the. cd in a very hard and violent way. red is the most important staple for more sudanese and the prices have gone up after the government began a series of reforms to improve the economy the government stop importing greek since last month hoping that it would create competition between private companies and bring down prices but bakeries say they have raised prices due to a shortage of flour will have glowing honey they don't pick up from and says flour is subsidized by ten percent and they are saying we will remove it next month was one hundred sixty and next month it will reach five hundred fifty pounds and that's an increase of three hundred to four hundred percent when i say yeah newbie mismanage the price might be ok for me but not for other people some families couldn't even afford it wh

government stopped subsidies on some items sparking anger have been morgan reports from the capital khartoum. preparing a meal for her family is nothing new. but the portions have changed over the past few days the reason higher prices in the markets. there's an increase in the prices of basic commodities what i could buy for eighty five dollars in the pasta now cost one hundred seventy dollars even the cost of bread it's gone up and it affects my spending on other things so dense economy has been weakening since the united states imposed economic sanctions in my nine hundred ninety seven which were lifted in october last year but there hasn't been much of an improvement since then the government's ten to eighteen fiscal budget has a deficit which has forced it to eliminate some subsidies one of them was for a reason as to why god reveals he used to get a sack of flour for twenty two or twenty four dollars but it was hard to find him to know the prices are higher is fifty seven dollars and you can find it but there is a very noticeable increase in the cost i lifting meat subsidies has high p

and the united arab emirates inside eritrea meanwhile if you know piers prime minister is visiting khartoum and egypt for crucial discussions on the dam with hopes of finding a way forward mohamed al-jazeera. united arab emirates is accused cattery air force jets of into setting two civilian emma rotty aircraft going to back rain cattle foreign ministry has denied the allegation and u.s. central command in the middle east says it hasn't received any reports of civilian flights being intercepted in the gulf skies the dim bar has more. and amorality passenger plane takes off from dubai on monday the civil aviation authority of the united arab emirates said two qatari jets had intercepted a plane like this bound for hurricane but in international airspace later u.a.e. state media reported a second battery inbound plane had been intercepted by qatari jets qatar totally denies the claims we are used to such false claims. the. agency the national agency. the small. go through for the normal people but. for countries. and high tech and. radar image and it's will be obvious for them that this is. b

the soaring price of bread hundreds of people took to the streets near the presidential palace in khartoumon tuesday police used battens to control the crowd before making arrests nationwide protests started early this month and the government's new economic reforms caused bread and other prices to double. kosovo's government says the country remains calm and safe despite the killing of prominent politician oliver event of each he was shot dead outside his office serbia has called the murder an act of terrorism his poor brain. the yellow forensic markers show where all over event of a tree fell the sixty four year old shot at least five times outside his party headquarters in the town of me tributes he was rushed to hospital but doctors couldn't save him the killing appears well planned with no witnesses and the speculation a silencer may have muffle the sound of the gunshots and avoided drawing attention but the repercussions were quickly felt all across europe in the serbian capital belgrade the country's president and prime minister convened the national security council was sort of. th

and the united arab emirates inside eritrea meanwhile if you hope is prime minister is visiting khartoum and egypt for crucial discussions on the dam with hopes of finding a way forward mohamed al dizzier. pope francis is on his way to chile to push a message of peace and unity in a country where many say they're fed up with priest sex abuse and cover ups more than sixty percent of chileans still declare themselves to be roman catholics with scandals of cost the church influence among follows while in chile francis plans sessions with migrants and indigenous people but hasn't said if he'll meet abuse victims in america and it's the same human looks at the reception that the pope is likely to receive. it used to be standing room only inside this cathedral in southern chile. but these days not many are singing the praises of their bishop one batter us appointed three years ago by pope francis. outside the cathedral other members of the flock demand the resignation of the bishop who is accused of covering up sex abuses by chile's most notorious pedophile priest the pope may be smiling down

provoked more protests several hundred marched in one demonstration near the presidential palace in khartoum place used bass homes and tear gas before making arrests days of nationwide protests began earlier this month when the when you government economic reforms caused bread and other prices to move and double. prime minister of the czech republic candidate babis has asked parliament to lift his political immunity as he defends ford allegations police are looking into whether bob is the country's second richest person illegally received millions in subsidies but this wants to face the allegations without protection as part of efforts to win support for to form a minority government. japan's public broadcaster n h k is apologized after giving a false alarm about a north korean missile launch a correction was aired within minutes but not before setting off a panic it happened just days after a similar incident in the us state of hawaii where a government worker accidentally sent a mass missile alert to people's mobile phones. also in japan officials in the city of goma gori a searching for p

lifted subsidies on wheat imports leading to an end in the cost of goods the market of course in khartoum. preparing a meal for her family is nothing new. but the portions have changed over the past few days the reason higher prices in the markets. there's an increase in the prices of basic commodities what i could buy for eighty five dollars in the pasta now cost one hundred seventy dollars even the cost of bread it's gone up and it affects my spending on other things so dense economy has been weakening since the united states imposed economic sanctions in my nine hundred ninety seven which were lifted in october last year but there hasn't been much of an improvement since then the government's ten to eighteen fiscal budget has a two point four deficit which has forced it to eliminate some subsidies one of them was for a reason as to why governor reveals that we used to get a sack of flour for twenty two or twenty four dollars but it was hard to find now the prices are higher is fifty seven dollars and you can find it but there is a very noticeable increase in the cost i lifting meat sub

and the united arab emirates insight eritrea meanwhile if your peers prime minister is visiting khartoum and egypt for crucial discussions on the dam with hopes of finding a way forward mohamed al dizzier. let's look at all of this in a little more detail now with who's with me in the studio he's a research associate at the school of oriental and african studies at the university of london good to have you with us. this is interesting we've not only got. egypt and ethiopia rowing about this dam but we've got egypt and sudan currently employed embroiled in a diplomatic route and the row about the dam with ethiopia threatens to spill over into that route too so you've got this three way argument going on what's going on between egypt and sudan first of all actually there's a lot actually agreement between egypt and sudan actually. the issue of. i think one of the main issues actually appeared in the disagreement between the two countries and then the issue of immunity that actually sudan supports she would be opposed to show but it clearly and often the issue of what of the muslim brotherh

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well police fired tear gas on student demonstrators at the university of khartoum on sunday one of several areas across the country that have seen protests over the past few days other rallies took place in three southern cities and elsewhere in the capital where demonstrators burns hires and blocked some roads tear gas we know that a student was killed in a demonstration in west dar for state and we've seen other images of protests shared by groups like the sudanese congress party that's one of the largest opposition groups which called for the demonstrations to take place now the s.e.p. says that their president omar al dig era has been detained as well as several other party members as a crackdown on the demonstrations and at least one sudanese official has denied any link between the protests and what is known to be a increase in bread prices and says that force will be used to suppress any protests that involve destruction of property now just looking at bread prices for a second day more than doubled this week after the government cut subsidies in the twenty eight hundred budget and