Sudan's first PM since 1989 coup takes oath

A former army general and top aide to President Omar al-Bashir was sworn in Thursday as Sudan's first prime minister since the post was scrapped in a 1989 Islamist-backed coup, reports AFP.
Bakri Hassan Saleh, a military officer involved in the bloodless coup that brought Bashir to power three decades ago, was named prime minister a day earlier by the executive bureau of the president's National Congress Party (NCP).
Saleh, 68, took the oath as prime minister at a presidential palace in Khartoum. He will also continue in his post as first vice president.
Bashir abolished the post of prime minister after the coup, and analysts said the appointment of Saleh as premier was an attempt by the president to give his decades-old regime a new look.

Sudans first PM since 1989 coup takes oath

A former army general and top aide to President Omar al-Bashir was sworn in Thursday as Sudans first prime minister since the post was scrapped in a 1989 Islamist-backed coup, reports AFP. Bakri Hassan Saleh, a military officer involved in the bloodless coup that brought Bashir to power three decades ago, was named prime minister a day earlier by the executive bureau of the presidents National Congress Party (NCP). Saleh, 68, took the oath as prime minister at a presidential palace in Khartoum. He will also continue in his post as first vice president. Bashir abolished the post of prime minister after the coup, and analysts said the appointment of Saleh as premier was an attempt by the president to give his decades-old regime a new look.