At fresh protests, Sudan police fire tear gas at demonstrators

Sudanese police fired tear gas on Friday at hundreds of protesters in Omdurman, across the Nile from Khartoum, witnesses said, in the latest of more than a month of anti-government demonstrations. 

Demonstrators frustrated with a worsening economic crisis have been on the streets near-daily since Dec. 19 calling for an end to the 30-year rule of President Omar al-Bashir. 

The protesters, who began demonstrating after weekly Muslim prayers, chanted: "Down, that’s it" which has become the main rallying cry for Bashir’s fall.