Khartoum, SUDAN
Sudan's spy
chief Abu Bakr Mustafa has stepped down two days after a revolt in the
capital Khartoum.
“The director of intelligence has resigned. He
called us by telephone and we asked him to submit a written resignation, so we
are now considering it,” General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of Sudan's
sovereign council, told state television on Wednesday.
The revolt on Tuesday, involving former spies
linked to former president Omar al-Bashir and armed forces over severance
payout, left two people dead and four others injured.
Gen Burhan added that a committee had been formed
to investigate the people behind the confrontation.
Mustafa was appointed the head of the powerful
General Intelligence Service, formerly National Intelligence and Security
Service (NISS), shortly after the resignation of Salah Gosh in April last year.
Normalcy has been restored in the capital with
residents demanding a relocation of military bases operated by the intelligence
agency in Khartoum.
Meanwhile, the Sudanese Professionals
Association, an umbrella of several trade unions, has said Tuesday's riot
was an attempt to drag the country into the circle of violence.
"We call all people to raise the level of
organisation and willingness to confront all the scenarios that seek to back
down from the people's dues for which the blood of the martyrs and the precious
sacrifices were made," SPA said in a statement.
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