Sudan’s new ruler under pressure for swift handover to civilian rule

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Sudan’s second new military leader in as many days accepted the resignation of the feared intelligence chief on Saturday as he faced calls at home and abroad for a swift handover to civilian rule.

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
A grab from a broadcast on Sudan TV shows Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdulrahman taking oath on April 12, 2019 as chief of the new military council, in the capital Khartoum. – Sudan’s military council chief General Awad Ibn Ouf announced on April 12 he was stepping down in favour of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdulrahman to succeed him, just a day after he was sworn in following the ouster of veteran president Omar al-Bashir. Ibn Ouf also said that before stepping down he had fired his deputy in the council Lieutenant General Kamal Abdelmarouf. (Photo by – / Sudan TV / AFP)

Career soldier General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan took the helm of Sudan’s transitional military council on Friday when his short-lived predecessor General Awad Ibn Ouf — a close aide of…



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