Police in Sudan are reported to have arrested about 200 armed young men who they say were intent on looting a market.
The arrests reportedly took place in Nyala in South Darfur state.
The Sudanese news agency said a further 100 people had been rounded up in North Kordofan state.
The latest incidents follow weeks of protests against rising food prices and fuel shortages.
Sudan has been suffering from bread, cooking gas and oil crises due to the rise in the price of the US dollar against the Sudanese pound leaving most unable to buy basic commodities.
The authorities are blaming supporters of former President Omar al-Bashir for the unrest. States of emergency have been declared in four provinces.
Sudan has been undergoing a rocky transition since the April 2019 ouster of al-Bashir following mass protests against his rule, triggered by economic hardship.
