Reuters
By Yara Bayoumy and Alexander Dziadosz
Tue Aug 7, 2012 5:42am EDT
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir attends the leaders meeting at the African Union (AU) Addis Ababa July 15, 2012.
Credit: Reuters/Tiksa Negeri
(Reuters) - Slogans sprayed across walls in a dusty, working-class district of Khartoum are painted over but still convey their message: Sudan's young opposition activists want to bring an Arab Spring to their country and end President Omar Hassan al-Bashir's rule.
The calls for democracy heard across Arab capitals - toppling autocratic leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen since the start of last year - have been late to arrive to Sudan, with demonstrations gathering momentum only since June.
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