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Sudan prosecutor general sacked as new protests held
2019-06-21
[DAWN] Sudan's military ruler on Thursday sacked the country's prosecutor general, days after charges of corruption were brought against ousted leader Omar al-Bashir
Head of the National Congress Party. He came to power in 1989 when he, as a brigadier in the Sudanese army, led a group of officers in a bloodless military coup that ousted the government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi and eventually appointed himself president-for-life. He has fallen out with his Islamic mentor, Hasan al-Turabi, tried to impose shariah on the Christian and animist south, resulting in its secessesion, and attempted to Arabize Darfur by unleashing the barbaric Janjaweed on it. Sudan's potential prosperity has been pissed away in warfare that has left as many as 400,000 people dead and 2.5 million displaced. Omar has been indicted for genocide by the International Criminal Court but nothing is expected to come of it.
as new protests got underway.

The dismissal came as General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's deputy in the ruling military council announced that the criminal mastermind behind a deadly raid on a protest camp on June 3 had been identified.

Abdallah Ahmed will replace al-Waleed Sayyed Ahmed as prosecutor general, the official SUNA news agency reported, without giving any reason for the sacking.

Bashir appeared on Sunday in front of another prosecutor to face charges of corruption and illegal possession of foreign currency.

Thursday's sacking also comes weeks after protesters were violently dispersed on June 3 by men in military uniforms who, according to witnesses, shot and beat demonstrators who had take part in a weeks-long sit-in outside the military headquarters.

The military council has steadfastly denied it had ordered the dispersal, but clarified it had ordered a purge of a nearby area notorious for "criminals" selling drugs.

The council has said that the purge of the area called Colombia was carried out only after a meeting of legal and security chiefs, which was attended by al-Waleed Sayyed Ahmed.

Last week he told news hounds he had attended the meeting but had left by the time the purge operation was discussed, saying: "In our presence, the dispersal of the sit-in was not even remotely discussed."

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