SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Reuters - Protesters from city where Sudan uprising began head for Khartoum

23/4/19: Reuters - Protesters from city where Sudan uprising began head for Khartoum

Reuters reports that protesters from Atbara, the birthplace of the uprising that toppled Omar Al Bashir were converging on the capital Khartoum on Tuesday, to pressure a transitional military council to relinquish power to civilians.

Atbara residents were travelling to Khartoum by train in a highly symbolic show of support for demonstrators camped at a sit-in outside the defence ministry compound.

 Atbara, about 290 km (180 miles) northeast of Khartoum, is a railway hub with a large railworker population and has historically been known to be the hotbed of opposition unions and unrest.