The President of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan issued Abdel Fattah Al-BurhanOn Sunday evening, a decision was issued to terminate the assignments of Foreign Minister Hussein Awad, Media Minister Graham Abdel Qader, and Endowments Minister Osama Ahmed, and to appoint their replacements.
The Sovereignty Council said, in a statement, that Al-Burhan issued a decision adopting the decision of the Transitional Council of Ministers, terminating the assignment of Hussein Awad Ali Muhammad from the duties of Minister of Foreign Affairs and approving the appointment of Ali Youssef Al-Sharif as his replacement.
On April 17, Al-Burhan appointed Hussein Awad as Minister of Foreign Affairs, succeeding Ali Al-Sadiq.
On Sunday, Al-Burhan also issued a decision to terminate the assignment of the Minister of Culture and Information, Graham Abdel Qader, from his duties, and to approve the assignment of Khaled Ali Al-Aysar, in addition to a decision to terminate the assignment of the Minister of Endowments, Osama Hassan Muhammad Ahmed, and to approve the assignment of Omar Bakhit to the same position, according to the same source.
These ministerial reshuffles come in light of the war being waged by the Sudanese army, led by Al-Burhan, against the Rapid Support Forces, led by Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo (My praise) Since mid-April 2023, it has left more than 20,000 dead and more than 11 million displaced and refugees, according to United Nations reports.
UN and international calls are escalating to end the war in order to spare Sudan a humanitarian catastrophe that has begun to push millions of people into famine and death due to food shortages due to the fighting that has spread to 13 out of 18 states.