Sudan bans imports of Danish goods

Sudan has banned imports of Danish goods in retaliation for the reprinting of a cartoon that satirised Islam's Prophet Muhammad, the state-run news agency said.

The move came as the country was braced for a large anti-Danish protest in the capital Khartoum on Wednesday that appeared to have tacit government approval.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir announced earlier this week a plan to ban Danish imports, snub the country's officials and expel its organisations in response to the cartoon reprinted this month by 17 Danish newspapers showing Prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb-shaped turban.

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