Protests in Sudan continued on Tuesday with thousands marching on the presidential palace in Khartoum.
Police used tear gas and fired in the air to disperse the demonstrators who attempted to breach the palace to demand President Omar al-Bashir step down, according to activists and video clips posted online.
Angry crowds have taken to the streets in a dozen cities across the economically troubled country since Wednesday, after the government tripled the price of bread.
In downtown Khartoum, police fired tear gas at the protesters who were chanting "Freedom, peace, justice and revolution is the people's choice".
The protest was called by an umbrella of independent professional unions and supported by the country's largest political parties, Umma and Democratic Unionist.
Sudanese authorities say eight protesters have been killed in clashes since Wednesday, but Amnesty International has put the death toll at 37.
Doctors in Sudan went on strike Monday and the group bringing together professionals from different sectors pledged to submit a demand for Bashir's resignation at Tuesday's demonstration.
Bashir, who has been in power since a 1989, sought to tamp down the discontent on Monday by vowing to "take real reforms" to solve Sudan's economic woes.
Sudan is mired in economic difficulties including an acute foreign currency shortage and soaring inflation.
The crisis has worsened despite the lifting of an economic embargo by the United States in October 2017.
Inflation is running at close to 70 percent and the Sudanese pound has plunged in value, while shortages in bread and fuel have been reported across several cities including Khartoum.
On Tuesday, the veteran leader headed south of Khartoum to Gezira state.
Dozens gathered in support of the president, who gave a public address praising the crowds for welcoming him to the city of Wad Madani.
Bashir said he considered the gathering a "clear response" to the "traitors, agents and mercenaries" seeking to destabilize the country and its institutions.
"We know we have economic problems... but this all can be handled," said Bashir as he blamed the country's economic difficulties on the "blockade" imposed by the West.
The military vowed Sunday to rally behind Bashir and emphasized in a statement that it was operating in harmony with the police and Sudan's security agencies.
