KHARTOUM, Sudan
Chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, conducted a partial government reshuffle amid escalating conflict on Sunday, the council announced in a statement.
Al-Burhan dismissed Hussein
Awad as minister of foreign affairs, appointing Ali Yousif Ahmed as his
successor, according to the statement.
Graham Abdel-Qadir was removed
from his post as minister of culture and information and Khalid Ali Aleisir was
appointed to the role.
In his capacity as commander
of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), Al-Burhan replaced Osama Hassan, minister
of religious affairs and endowments, with Omer Bakhit Mohamed Adam.
The chairman also filled the
long-vacant position of minister of trade and supply by appointing Omer Ahmed
Mohamed Ali.
Since April 2023, Sudan has been devastated by intense conflict between the SAF and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
A situation report from the Armed Conflict Location and Event
Data Project (ACLED) issued on October 14 indicates that the fighting has claimed
over 24,850 lives.
The conflict has also
displaced over 14 million people, both within and outside Sudan, according to
the latest estimates from the International Organization for Migration on October 29.
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