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| - Protests flared Tuesday in a key Sudanese port city, the restive Darfur region and other parts of the country over the rising cost of living, witnesses and state media said. A new government that includes in rebel leaders has been tasked with fixing an economy decimated by decades of US sanctions, mismanagement and civil war under ousted president Omar al-Bashir. It also faces breathtaking inflation, chronic hard currency shortages and a flourishing black market. On Tuesday, demonstrators in Nyala, capital of South Darfur state, hurled stones at police and set several shops on fire in the main market, an AFP correspondent there said. "No to high prices, no to hunger," they chanted, as police fired tear gas to disperse them. Authorities in South Darfur imposed a 12-hour nightime curfew starting from 6:00 pm. "Police forces dispersed the protests and riots in Nyala after demonstrators attempted to storm shops in the city's market," SUNA state news agency said. "The police seized weapons and ammunition with the protesters," SUNA quoted South Darfur governor, Musa Mahdi, as saying. In the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, student-led protests prompted the suspension of schools and closure of several shops, SUNA said. The demonstrations were sparked by sharp increases in the costs of main ingredients for making bread, it said. Protesters hurled stones at the municipality building and set tyres on fire in major streets. Similar demonstrations were held in other regions, including North Kordofan state, according to SUNA and videos posted online. Some footage, which could not immediately be verified, showed demonstrators in Al-Obeid, the state capital, lugging sacks of wheat apparently looted from bakeries. Sudan has been undergoing a rocky transition since the April 2019 ouster of Bashir following mass protests against his rule, triggered by economic hardships including a hike in bread prices. On Monday, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok named a new team that includes rebel leader and economist Gibril Ibrahim as finance minister. Ibrahim vowed on Twitter: "We promise not to sleep until we end bread and fuel queues, and to make life-saving medications available at reasonable prices." Protests over economic hardships have also been staged in recent weeks in the capital Khartoum and the eastern state of Gedaref, considered Sudan's breadbasket. Cases of looting and robberies were reported in Gedaref. mz/par
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