SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources - Thousands of Sudanese protest, call for dissolving Bashir's party

 21/10/19: Multiple sources - Thousands of Sudanese protest, call for dissolving Bashir's party

• Reuters, by Khalid Abdelaziz

• AP, by Samy Magdy

• Sudan Tribune

• AFP

 Thousands of Sudanese rallied in several cities urging the authorities to dissolve the former ruling National Congress Party of Omar al-Bashir.

 Organised by the Sudanese Professionals Association, in gatherinsg that marked the 1964 uprising which ousted military leader Ibrahim Abboud, demonstrators also called for ex-officials to be put on trial for corruption, as well as demanding that perpetrators of the June 3 massacre be held to account.

 In a televised address, Prime Minister Hamdok said that there still remains work to be done to restore rights, heal wounds and provide compensation for the victims of the past 30 years of al-Bashir’s rule.

 A statement by Sudanese police warned that “unfavourable consequences” may result if “chaos” is created.