Bashir Appoints Mohamed Taher Ela as Prime Minister

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Saturday appointed governor of the island, Mohammad Tahir Ila, as prime minister, after the appointment of the defense minister, Awad bin Auf, as deputy prime minister. President.

The Sudanese news agency "SUNA" announced that "the President of the Republic, Marshal Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir, has promulgated a decree appointing Dr. Mohamed Tahir Ayala as Prime Minister of the National Council" .

Bashir issued a presidential decree naming the team's first corner, Awad Mohammed Ahmed Ibn Auf, senior vice president and defense minister.

Bashir announced on Friday that he had imposed state emergency for a year in the country, dissolved the national reconciliation government as well as state governments and formed a government with the necessary skills to take difficult economic measures. He promised to conduct "transparent investigations into the deaths of protesters". "Republican decrees issued by the Bashir have dissolved the National Council of Ministers, appointed ministers and secretaries general, exonerated state governors and dissolved state governments," the Sudanese news agency reported.

Since 19 December, Sudan has been rife with protests initially provoked by price increases and a lack of liquidity, but has quickly become a protest against the Bashir regime that has lasted for three decades.

Activists say about 60 people were killed during the protests, while official figures killed 32 people, including three security men.

Sudan is experiencing growing economic difficulties with inflation approaching 70% and the decline of the Sudanese pound against the US dollar and other currencies.