US and European embassies tell citizens to stay at home

The United States embassy and the embassies of a number of European states have told their nationals in Sudan not to move today in a bid to stay safe.

Last night, US special envoy Jeffrey Feltman said that he had spoken to General Abdul Fattah al-Burhan and Sudanese foreign minister Mariam al-Mahdi in order to deliver a clear message: "the Sudanese people must be allowed to protest peacefully this weekend, and the United States will be watching closely."