Khartoum: Sudan widened its crackdown on the opposition by arresting 10 journalists from the Communist Party newspaper ahead of anti-government protests expected yesterday by activists inspired by Egypt's uprising.
Sudan has used armed riot police to disperse more than a dozen demonstrations by young Sudanese across the north of the country this week. The protests are directed against price rises and a government that demonstrators say is restricting freedoms. Security forces have surrounded universities, preventing students from spilling out onto the streets.
The protests have been small but widespread. Hundreds of arrests and beatings have fragmented the movement.
