Al Arabiya
Internet access has been shut down in Sudan and schools in the capital have been closed, sources told Al Arabiya on Wednesday.
The reports come amid two deaths in the Khartoum area after riots were sparked by the lifting of government fuel subsidies, according to Agence France-Presse.
According to an Al Arabiya correspondent, several users said access to the Internet had been cut. Meanwhile, the education ministry said schools in the capital would remain shut until Sept. 30.
The government announced steep price rises for petroleum products on Monday after officials decided to suspend subsidies in a bid to reform the economy.
Police have so far responded to the protests with tear gas, an AFP correspondent said, and some 20 demonstrators were arrested.
Three people have now been killed nationwide -- two of them in the Khartoum area -- since protests broke out against the move on Monday, according to AFP.
Sudanese demonstrators set fire to the ruling party’s headquarters in the capital’s twin city of Omdurman Tuesday as protests spread across the country, witnesses told AFP.