{"id":181392,"date":"2015-12-23T14:38:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T14:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/street-protest-in-sudan-capital-against-lack-of-fuel-soaring-prices\/"},"modified":"2015-12-23T14:38:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T14:38:00","slug":"street-protest-in-sudan-capital-against-lack-of-fuel-soaring-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/street-protest-in-sudan-capital-against-lack-of-fuel-soaring-prices","title":{"rendered":"Street protest in Sudan capital against lack of fuel, soaring prices"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, the residents of Burri El Lamab district blocked the main streets in protest against the shortage of fuel, cooking gas, and the rising costs of living. The demonstrators called for a regime-change.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Protester Nureldin Salaheldin told Radio Dabanga that security forces used tear gas and batons to disperse the crowd.<\/p>\n

“They severely beat the demonstrators. They took Mohamed Omar Faransawi, Faris Emad and Jihad Mahjoub to a security office where they were beaten until they lost consciousness,” he said. “They were then transferred to the Police Hospital under intensive guard.”<\/p>\n

Salaheldin added that they were released “after heavy public pressure” late on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n

The Sudanese Congress Party described the stance of the residents of Burri El Lamab as “heroic”. In a statement, the party said that “there is no way [for Sudan] to uproot oppression, corruption and terrorism without mobilising the people. Time has come to topple the regime and restore liberty, dignity, and the stolen democracy”.<\/p>\n

Prices<\/strong><\/p>\n

The price of a cylinder of cooking gas in Khartoum on the black market has risen to SDG120 ($20), while people used to obtain one for SDG25 at the markets two years ago.<\/p>\n

The fuel and cooking gas crises have also reached eastern Sudan. A number of fuel stations in the Blue Nile state capital Ed Damazin have closed. In Kassala, the price of a gallon of diesel has risen to SDG60 ($9.80).<\/p>\n

In Port Sudan, the bus owners’ association announced that transport tariffs will double in early January. A worried resident told Radio Dabanga that the “more than 50 percent increase will affect the basic commodity prices and exasperate the suffering of the people”.<\/p>\n