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Sudan: Anti-Government Protests Continue for Sixth Day

24/12/2018 GMT

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They began after bread and fuel price rises were announced

They began after bread and fuel price rises were announced and have spread across the country.

The protests began after bread and fuel price rises were announced and have spread across the country. A group of doctors has gone on strike today, with wider strikes planned for later in the week. We’ll hear how significant this wave of demonstrations is.  

Also: the latest from Indonesia as the death toll rises following a tsunami; and we’ll hear from one of the UK’s police’s “super-recognisers”, with an incredible ability to remember and identify a huge number of faces.

(Picture: a bonfire is lit along the street during protests in Nile River state in northeastern Sudan. Credit: Reuters)

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