Sudan police use teargas to stop Darfur protests [1]

Reuters
KHARTOUM | Wed Aug 1, 2012 10:41am EDT

(Reporting by Khalid Abdelaziz and Ulf Laessing [2], editing by Tim Pearce)

(Reuters) - Sudanese police used tear gas and batons on Wednesday to stop protests in Darfur's biggest city Nyala against the government and its austerity program, a day after eight protesters were killed in the worst violence since June, witnesses said.

Sudan has avoided "Arab spring" uprisings like those in Egypt and Syria [3], but tough austerity measures, including cuts in fuel subsidies, have provoked small protests against the 23-year rule of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.

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