Sudanese government on Monday withdrew work permit for a number of foreign journalists working in the country, multiple sources revealed.

The affected reporters are from Qatar-based Al Jazeera, Saudi-owned Al Arabiyya and Turkey’s Anadolu News Agency.

Saadeldine Hassan of Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath

Burham Abd al-Hameed and Mahmud Hajjaj of Anadolu Agency

Osama Sidahmed, Ahmed al-Reheid, Badawi Basheer of Aljazeera Arabic

Reports also indicated that authorities removed editions of the al-Tayar, al-Jareeda, al-Ba’th, al-Midan newspapers and ordered the suspension of journalist Suhayr Abd al-Rahim over his writings.

Protests meanwhile continue to rock parts of the country calling for the resignation of the government. President Al-Bashir has continued to stress that polls scheduled for 2020 were the only way he could be ousted from power.