Sudan: Lt Gen Awad Ibn Auf Sworn-in As Interim Sudan President

11 April 2019

Khartoum — Sudanese Defence Minister, Lt Gen Awad Ahmed Ibn Auf, has been sworn-in as interim president of Sudan, and Lt Gen Kamal Abdul Maarouf, Chairman of the Joint Staff Command sworn-in as Vice-President. The opposition denounces the 'palace coup' as 'more of the same', and urges the public to maintain protests and vigils.

Ibn Auf and Maarouf took their Oaths of Office at the Headquarters of the Sudanese Armed Forces this evening, presided over by Chief Justice of Sudan, and president of the national Supreme Court, Justice Abdelmajid Idriss.

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