Schools Shut Across Sudan After Pupils Killed at Protest Rallies – Report

Sudanese protest leaders canceled planned talks with the country’s ruling generals on Tuesday as hundreds of schoolchildren demonstrated in Khartoum against the shooting deaths of five pupils at a rally, AFP reported.
The governor of the Sudanese state of North Kurdufan, where security forces opened fire at protesters on Monday, confirmed the deaths of five people during rallies, local media reported.