Sudan

Witnesses reported seeing more than 100 protesters fighting police for a third day in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum on June 19, with the authorities using batons and tear gas to disperse the protestors. The demonstrations stem from opposition to the government's austerity measures enacted to deal with a fiscal crisis. The country has been hit by a bulging budget deficit, currency depreciation and high inflation since the South seceded in July 2011. Sudan lost almost three-quarters of its oil production following the independence of South

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