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The Sudanese ambassador to South Sudan, accompanied by his staff, visited retired Anyanya war veteran and politician Joseph Lagu at his residence in Juba.
Shorn of political alternatives and determined to remain in power, the junta is falling back on Islamists of all stripes to shore up the regime, Six months after the Sudanese military seized power again, a new reality is taking shape for the junta. Whether it was always part of the military s aims, or simply a consequence of events, Islamists – and not just members of the formerly ruling National Congress Party (NCP) – are being restored to their privileges and taking important government jobs.
Worried about losing political and economic power as well as facing prosecution for mass killings, military officers scupper the transition, Army officers led by General Abdel Fattah al Burhan overthrew the transitional government on 25 October and put Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok under house arrest despite hundreds of thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets throughout Sudan five days earlier to protest against this eventuality.
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Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Mohammed Al-Faki Suleiman reviewed bilateral relations as well as issues of common interest. (SPA)
Saudi Arabia s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud received Member of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Mohammed Al-Faki Suleiman at his office in Riyadh on Wednesday.
The two officials reviewed bilateral relations as well as issues of common interest.
The prince hosted a lunch in honor of the member of the Sudanese Transitional Sovereign Council and his accompanying delegation.
The Minister of Religious Affairs and Endowment, Nasr Edeen Mufreh, and the Director of General Intelligence Service, Lt-General, Jamal Abdel Majid also attended the meeting.