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Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

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First up, though,

it's been a week of turmoil for Sudan.

Its people's hopes for democracy are under threat again.

On Monday, security forces stormed a pro-democracy protest camp in the capital cartoon.

After two days of unrest, scores are dead and hundreds injured.

In the wake of this brutal crackdown, the country's military leaders announced yesterday they had cancelled all agreements with the main opposition alliance and called snap elections.

The opposition rejected the military's plan to hold polls within nine months.

After four months of popular protests against the authoritarian rule of President Omar al-Bashir,

Sudan's military staged a coup in April.

Military leaders had agreed to a managed three-year transition to civilian rule,

but fears are mounting that the transitional military council will try to cling to power. On Monday, the Sudanese military cleared the main

protest site outside army headquarters. Richard Cockett is a senior editor at the economist,

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