Sudanese Army Deploys After Deadly Khartoum Riots

ABC News ^ | September 25, 2013 (AP) | MOHAMMED SAEED Associated Press

[Pan_Yan]

Sudanese authorities on Thursday deployed troops around vital installations and gas stations in the country's capital following days of rioting over gas price hikes that killed at least 30 people.

The army also reinforced positions around military headquarters in Khartoum and along the city's university road, which is close to the presidential palace.

The mood in the capital was tense and schools were closed as residents prepared for more potential violence and protests expected on Friday, particularly after worshippers flood out of mosques following weekly Islamic prayer.

Violent protests erupted in Sudan on Monday when President Omar al-Bashir's government decided to lift subsidies, nearly doubling prices on fuel products.

A gallon (3.8 liters) of diesel sprang from eight Sudanese pounds ($1.81) to 14 pounds ($3.18) after subsidies were lifted this week. A gallon of gasoline that was 12 pounds rose to 21, while a canister of cooking gas that was 14 pounds is now 25. One U.S. dollar is about 4.40 Sudanese pounds.

[Pan_Yan]

Lots of interesting factors in the relationship between our current administration and Sudan. First, Bashir is probably much worse than Gaddafi and Assad in terms of human rights. He's already been convicted in the International Criminal Court and we just denied him a visa to speak at the UN. There were calls for us to arrest him at the airport. I don't hear the White House calling for him to resign.

Not only is he responsible for the massacres in Darfur but he's been a supporter of the Lord's Resistance Army, an evil cult responsible for heinous crimes in several central African countries. We have 100 special forces in the region helping track down the LRA.

We secretly supported South Sudan in their war for independence against Bashir. The President of South Sudan still wears the cowboy hat George W. Bush gave him. That must grate on Obama quite a bit.

Bashir is buddies with former Kenyan Prime Minister Odinga, the guy Obama illegally campaigned for while a US Senator.

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Thanks Pan_Yan.

Sudanese authorities on Thursday deployed troops around vital installations and gas stations in the country's capital following days of rioting over gas price hikes that killed at least 30 people.

Wow, 30 dead, that must have been *some* gas price hike. ;')

[Pan_Yan]

Wow, 30 dead, that must have been *some* gas price hike. ;')

$1.81 to $3.18 a gallon in one day. African countries like Nigeria, Sudan and others have a lots of oil but no refining capabilities. Since they don't have the infrastructure to hand out EBT cards for votes what they do is subsidize basics to win popular support. Many of the countries where most of the population still farm sell seed for less than cost. In countries with larger urban populations they subsidize gas. But just like the EBT scam here sooner or later the money will run out.

Sudan lost most of their oil revenue when South Sudan became independent. South Sudan is now making deals to build a couple of billion dollars worth of pipe lines through Kenya and other countries which will cut off the last of Sudan's revenue. Then the real trouble will begin.