A bonfire is lit along the street during protests against price increases in Atbara, Sudan on December 20, 2018. (REUTERS/El tayeb Siddig)
KHARTOUM: A state of emergency was declared in the eastern Sudanese city of al-Qadarif on Thursday, an official said, after at least two people were killed in protests against soaring prices.
A curfew was also imposed from 6:00 p.m. To 6:00 a.m. local time, the city's commissioner said. A state of emergency and curfew were also declared in the northeastern city of Atbara after protests there on Wednesday.
A student and another demonstrator died during violent protests in al-Qadarif, the city's independent MP, Mubarak al-Nur, said. Police also fired teargas at around 500 people in the capital Khartoum.
Further north, in Dongola, protesters set fire to the local offices of Bashir's ruling National Congress Party, witnesses said. To the northeast, protesters hiding their faces behind scarves came out for a second day in Atbara, chanting "freedom", video footage showed. Car tyres were set alight.
There was no immediate comment from the government.
