An AFP correspondent said around 1,000 demonstrators spilled into Omdurman’s heavily populated Al-Thawra district and were confronted by anti-riot police.
The Omdurman protests lasted until around dawn on Wednesday.
One student was killed in Omdurman, named by his family as Omar Mohammed Ahmed al-Khidr. Police said that another man was killed in Khartoum, and that other civilians and police were injured.
“Most areas in Khartoum (province) saw unrest and unauthorised gatherings aimed at damaging property and allowing looting, necessitating police intervention,” a statement said.
The protests first broke out in Wad Madani, in Gezira state south of Khartoum, scene of the first death on Monday. They have also spread to Nyala, capital of South Darfur state.
A Nyala resident told AFP by phone that thousands of students filled the streets of the city and blocked a main road.
Oil prices at the pump have shot up to 20.80 Sudanese pounds ($4.71) a gallon from 12.50 pounds ($2.83), while diesel has risen from 8.50 pounds a gallon to 13.90 pounds.
Inflation in Sudan is already running at 40 percent.
President Bashir said on Sunday the subsidies had reached “a level that is dangerous for the economy”.
Sudan lost billions of dollars in oil receipts when South Sudan gained independence two years ago, taking with it about 75 percent of the formerly united country’s crude production.
Since then Sudan has been plagued by inflation, a weakened currency and a severe shortage of dollars to pay for imports.
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