Sudan: scores of teachers arrested as strike begins against coup

Union says teargas used against members outside education ministry building for Khartoum state

Nearly 100 teachers have been arrested in Sudan as two days of civil disobedience and strikes in protest at last month's military coup began.

A teachers' union said security forces had used teargas against its members outside the education ministry building for Khartoum state, where 87 were arrested and many were beaten.