Sudan journalists go on strike in support of protests

CAIRO (AP) — An independent union of Sudanese journalists says its members have started a strike in support of “legitimate” popular demands for freedom and democracy.
A union statement Thursday says the three-day strike is also a protest against the “barbaric” assault by authorities on press freedoms.
The strike is the latest in a series of demonstrations and work stoppages to press demands for Sudan’s longtime autocrat Omar Bashir, in power since 1989, to ste