Sudan: Coup Leader Was Omar Al Bashir's Choice

In former defence minister Awad Mohamed Ahmed Auf and now head of the 'The High Council of Armed Forces' which ousted President Omar al-Bashir Thursday, the former president may have succeeded himself.

Soon after the protests organised by the Sudanese Professionals Association began a week ago, a distressed Mr Bashir intimated to his inner circle that Mr Auf was his choice for a successor.

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