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Hong Kong, Dec 12 (EFE/EPA, (Camera: Miguel Candela).- Several thousand people took to the streets of Hong Kong on Thursday to commemorate the mid-year pro-democracy protest movement, which began as opposition to a controversial extradition bill.FOOTAGE OF COMMEMORATIVE PROTEST IN HONG KONG
Footage released by Sudan's army shows a vehicle set on fire in Khartoum, in an attack it blames on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Air strikes and artillery exchanges rocked the Sudanese capital as paramilitaries and the regular army traded attacks on each other's bases. IMAGES
Sudanese take part in a demonstration in Khartoum marking a key civilian rule anniversary, in the decades-old struggle against the military. IMAGES
Streets in Yangon are empty as Myanmar marks the second anniversary of the coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's government. Activists called for people across the country to close businesses and stay indoors from 10 am (0330 GMT) to 4 pm. Roads leading to the famous Shwedagon pagoda -- a Buddhist shrine that dominates Yangon's skyline and is usually thronged by worshippers -- were largely deserted. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military's power grab and bloody crackdown on dissent, which has sparked fighting across swathes of the country and tanked the economy. IMAGES
Crowds rally in Sudan's capital to reject a tentative deal between military leaders and civilian factions aimed at ending the crisis since last year's military coup. IMAGES
Sudanese protesters rally in the streets of the capital Khartoum ahead of the one year anniversary of a military coup that derailed Sudan's transition, as the country remains mired in deepening political and economic turmoil. IMAGES