Abdel Fattah al-Burhan

Sudan’s al-Burhan appoints new defense minister

June 3, 2020 News, Newsbeat, Sudan

June 3, 2020 (SSNN) – Sudan on Tuesday swore in a new defense minister more that two months after the death of the former defense chief and amid tensions with neighboring Ethiopia. Maj. Gen. Yassin Ibrahim Yassin was sworn in before Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of the ruling sovereign council, according to a statement from the council. Yassin came out of […]

Machar, al-Burhan discuss bilateral relations in a 45-minute phone call

May 12, 2020 News, Newsbeat, South Sudan, Sudan

May 12, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s First Vice President and SPLM-IO leader, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, discussed – in a phone call on Tuesday – bilateral relations between Sudan and South Sudan with the leader of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudanese media reports. Sudan’s state-owned Sudan News Agency (SUNA) reported that al-Burhan spoke to Machar to […]