Gunfire at anti-government protest in Sudan

Security forces in Sudan have used teargas to breakup the anti-government protest. The protesters are calling for the end to President Omar al-Bashir's 30-year rule.

Khartoum: Protesters took to the streets amid the sound of gunfire on Monday, calling for the end to President Omar al-Bashir's 30-year rule.

The current wave of unrest began in December, initially over an economic crisis but quickly escalated into calls for an end to President Omar al-Bashir's 30-year rule.

Security forces have responded with a violent crackdown and dozens of people have been killed.

Elsewhere, two people including a solider were killed, hours after security forces attempted to break up a sit-in outside the military headquarters in the capital, Khartoum, activists said.

The sit-in is part of more than three months of nationwide protests against al-Bashir.

Activists said security forces, mostly from the powerful and widely-feared National Intelligence and Security Service, on pickup trucks fired tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition to break up the sit-in.

The Sudan Doctors Committee, an affiliate of the Sudanese Professionals Association, said in a statement that the soldier was wounded when he tried to protect protesters outside the military headquarters, which houses the defence ministry and a presidential residence since Saturday.