Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council on Wednesday announced a minor reshuffle in the Sudanese government, particularly in the ministries of cabinet affairs, foreign affairs and education.
In a statement, the Council said that the Chairman of the Sudanese Transitional Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, appointed Dafallah Al-Haj Ali as the country’s Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Acting Prime Minister.
Ali is a veteran diplomat who once served as Sudan’s representative to the UN and was most recently the country’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, according to Agence France Presse (AFP).
Moreover, Al-Burhan appointed Omar Seddik as Sudan’s Foreign Minister. Seddik is a current ambassador and took part in the negotiations between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Jeddah last year.
Al-Burhan also approved the appointment of Al-Tohami Al-Zain Hajar as the Education Minister.
This move comes as the SAF recaptured most parts of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, in March, after two years of fighting against the RSF. The devastating conflict has divided the country in two, with the SAF controlling the center, north and east, and the RSF holding almost all of the western Darfur region and parts of the south.
In February, Al-Burhan said he would form a technocratic wartime government to help “complete what remains of our military objectives, which is liberating Sudan from these rebels.”
Earlier in April, the RSF announced it would form a parallel government, a move that has sparked international concerns that the country could remain split.
During the London Conference on Sudan in mid-April, Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Waleed Al-Khuraiji, condemned attempts to form parallel governments as “illegitimate,” warning they risk derailing peace efforts and deepening divisions. He insisted solutions must respect Sudan’s sovereignty and involve only its legitimate institutions.
