Sudan’s Appointment of First Christian

Sudan’s Appointment of First Christian

Sudan’s appointment of a Coptic Christian to the transitional ruling Sovereign Council has raised hopes that Christians will see equal rights after decades of oppression under former president Omar al-Bashir. Sudan’s Coptic Christians celebrated in September after the...
Africa gets another female Chief Justice

Africa gets another female Chief Justice

Sudan has toed the line of change by appointing its first female Chief Justice, Neemat Abdullah Mohamed Khair. She becomes only the fifth female Chief Justices in African after Ghana’s Sophia Akuffo, Seychelles’ Mathilda Twomey, Ethiopia’s Ashenafi and Lesotho’s...
Sudan forms first cabinet

Sudan forms first cabinet

Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok announced the names of 18 ministers in the new Cabinet and said he would name two more at a later stage. The members include Sudan’s first woman foreign minister and a former World Bank economist. “A new stage in Sudan’s...
Sudan’s Sovereign Council Sworn In

Sudan’s Sovereign Council Sworn In

KHARTOUM (Sudanow) – The President and members of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, the 11 man collective presidency, for the Interim Government was sworn in on Wednesday before the Chief Justice, Abbas Babiker. Lt. Gen. Abdul Fatah Al- Burhan will now chair the Sovereign...