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09:10, 17-Apr-2019
Sudan's interim military council fires three top public prosecutors
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The head of Sudan's ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) has fired the country's three highest-ranking public prosecutors, the council said on Tuesday, after protesters demanded an overhaul of the judiciary as a step toward civilian government.
The Sudanese Professionals' Association (SPA), a group spearheading the popular revolt, has issued a long list of demands for wholesale change to end repression and ease an economic crisis after the military deposed Omar al-Bashir last week.
In a statement, the TMC said council chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan had sacked chief prosecutor Omar Ahmed Mohamed Abdelsalam and deputy public prosecutor Hesham Othman Ibrahim Saleh, as well as head of public prosecutions Amer Ibrahim Majid.
Sudanese demonstrators protest outside the Defense Ministry in Khartoum, Sudan, April 15, 2019. /Reuters photo
Sudanese demonstrators protest outside the Defense Ministry in Khartoum, Sudan, April 15, 2019. /Reuters photo
Alwaleed Sayed Ahmed Mahmoud was appointed to carry out Abdelsalam's duties, it said.
A delegation from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates met with TMC chief Burhan in Khartoum on Tuesday, according to a council statement. During the meeting, Burhan "praised the distinguished relationship between Sudan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE," according to the statement.
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi also called Burhan on Tuesday to offer his backing, a spokesman for Sisi said.
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaks during a news conference in Cairo, Egypt, December 11, 2017. /Reuters photo
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaks during a news conference in Cairo, Egypt, December 11, 2017. /Reuters photo
The spokesman said in a statement that Sisi had affirmed "Egypt's full support for the security and stability of Sudan and its support for the will and choices of the Sudanese people."
The TMC confirmed the phone call in a statement and said Sisi was expected to visit Sudan in the coming days.
TMC member Jalal al-Deen al-Sheikh met African Union Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat in Addis Ababa and gave him a letter from Burhan addressing the situation in Sudan and inviting Mahamat to visit, the state news agency SUNA said.
It quoted Sheikh as saying Mahamat had expressed "understanding" for the decisions the TMC had taken so far.
Source(s): Reuters