Sudan’s defence minister has announced he is stepping down as transitional leader a day after ousting the country’s autocratic president. Sudan’s defence minister has announced he is stepping down as transitional leader a day after ousting the country’s autocratic president. In a TV address, General Awad Ibn Ouf also announced his successor, General Abdel-Fattah Burhan, general inspector of the armed forces, as head of the transitional council. Mr Ibn Ouf was head of military intelligence during the brutal campaign to suppress the Darfur insurgency in the 2000s. After ousting the president, the military announced it would rule the country for two years through a transitional council.

Source: Irish Independent April 12, 2019 20:15 UTC