Sudan: Protests Continue in Sudan  Khartoum — Street
demonstrations in Sudan have now stretched into their fourth
consecutive week. Seemingly inspired by past revolts against
dictatorship in 1964 and 1985, Sudanese protestors are now
demonstrating against what they see as their government's
tyranny and economic incompetence.  Since South Sudan seceded a
year ago, Sudan's economy has suffered. Food prices have soared,
the currency has weakened, and the government has enforced
spending cuts. This has been exacerbated by the loss of
approximately three-quarters of the country's oil output to
South Sudan.  On June 16, students from the University of
Khartoum led anti-austerity protests. Protests against spending
cuts, however, soon extended out beyond Khartoum and evolved
into broader demonstrations against President Omar al-Bashir's
23-year-old regime. Demonstrations became a daily occurrence at
both public and private universities, and despite the police's
heavy-handed response of beatings, teargas and arrests,