Neue Proteste im Sudan
Thousands of protestors reached the Sudanese army headquarters on Saturday for the first time since protests began against President Omar al-Bashir.
Footage posted online showed demonstrators chanting "One Army, One People" as protestors gathered outside the army HQ in Khartoum.
Organisers called the protests to mark the anniversary of the 1985 uprising against former military dictator Jaafar Nimeiry, who came to power after a military coup in 1969.
Protests have rocked the east African country since December, with angry crowds accusing Bashir's government of mismanaging the economy that has led to soaring food prices and regular shortages of fuel and foreign currency.
On 22 February, the veteran leader imposed a nationwide state of emergency to quell the protests after an initial crackdown failed to rein in protesters.
Since the emergency rule came into effect, protests have been largely confined to the capital and its twin city of Omdurman, but organisers had called for widespread rallies and a march on the army headquarters on Saturday.
6 April was chosen for the nationwide rallies as it was the day of a 1985 uprising that toppled the administration of president Jaafar Nimeiri.
Before the demonstrations began, security forces deployed in large numbers in key Khartoum squares and in Omdurman, across the Nile.
"There's a heavy security deployment where the protesters were to gather for the march, but they still came out and are chanting anti-government slogans," a witness told AFP without revealing his name for security reasons.