Protests have rocked the east sUDAN since December, with demonstrators calling on Omar al-Bashir to step down.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir delivers a speech inside Parliament in Khartoum, Sudan April 1, 2019.Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Monday acknowledged the"legitimate" demands of anti-government protesters, while blaming several deaths on the actions of political groups.
"The economic crisis has impacted a wide section of our people," Bashir told lawmakers in his first speech to parliament since a state of emergency he imposed on February 22 to quell the protests. "Some political groups are trying to use this to enhance hatred among the community because of which we lost many people," said Bashir, dressed in a traditional white-and-blue robe and white turban.
"We remain troubled by the government of Sudan's continued use of extra-judicial detentions in response to the largely peaceful protests in Khartoum and elsewhere," the US embassy in Khartoum said on its Facebook page on Sunday.
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