Thousands of protesters demand death of teacher in teddy bear row

Thousands of Sudanese, many carrying knives and sticks, took to the streets in protest in Khartoum today calling for the execution of British school teacher Gillian Gibbons, jailed over a teddy bear.

Crowds demonstrated outside the presidential palace, saying the 15-day prison sentence imposed on Mrs Gibbons for allowing her class to call a teddy bear Mohammed was too lenient.