Political crisis in Sudan deepens

In Sudan, pro-democracy leaders today pledged to press their campaign of civil disobedience until the ruling military council is ousted and killers of protesters are brought to justice. 

The pledge comes after new clashes brought the death toll in three days of the military crackdown to 108.

The Sudan Doctors Committee, one of the protest groups, said more than 500 have been injured in



the crackdown. 

The crackdown began with a violent dispersal of the protest movement's main sit-in camp, outside the military headquarters in the capital, Khartoum, on Monday.  

Meanwhile, the African Union, AU, has suspended Sudan and demanded a civilian-led transitional authority to resolve the bloody crisis in the country.