At least 27 people have been killed in protests in Khartoum over fuel subsidy cuts, a medical source said on Thursday.
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It is described by witnesses as the worst unrest seen in Sudan's relatively well-off central regions for years.
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The witnesses also said the unrest is spreading to its biggest port.
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Police fired tear gas volleys to quell a small but strident protest in Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast, where participants chanted, "Down, down with the regime", according to witnesses.
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President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who came to power in a 1989 coup, has been spared the sort of Arab Spring uprising that unseated autocratic rulers in states from Tunisia to Yemen since 2011, but anger has risen over rising inflation and corruption.
May their gentle souls rest in perfect peace!
Very sad I must confess....
Too sad!