Sudan army deploys as protesters keep pressure on Bashir- witnesses

Sudanese protesters clash with security forces outside Bashir's compound.

Sudan's army deployed around its Khartoum headquarters Monday as thousands of protesters urging the military to join calls for leader Omar al-Bashir's resignation defied tear gas to demonstrate for a third day, witnesses said.

Since protests erupted across Sudan in December agents of the powerful National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) and riot police have cracked down on demonstrators, but the army has not intervened.