KHARTOUM - Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has named a new cabinet as he tries to push through major reforms and secure financing from foreign entities. In a nationally televised announcement Monday night, Hamdok named the 20 new ministers, including Darfur rebel leader Gibril Ibrahim as finance minister. Hamdok also named Mariam Assadiq Al Mahdi, the leader of the popular Umma Party and daughter of a former prime minister, as Sudan’s foreign affairs minister. Khalid Omer of the Sudanese Congress Party was named minister for cabinet affairs. Hamdok kept six members of his previous cabinet, including Justice Minister Nassruddin Abdulbari and Defense Minister Yasin Ibrahim.

Source: Ethiopian News February 09, 2021 19:52 UTC