Sudan's Army Chief Names Former UN Official Idris as New Premier
Idris, a career diplomat and past presidential candidate, was the director general of the United Nations' World Intellectual Property Organization and has also served in Sudan's permanent mission to the UN.
'The chairman of the sovereignty council issued a constitutional decree appointing Kamil El-Tayeb Idris Abdelhafiz as prime minister,' a statement from Sudan's ruling Transitional Sovereignty Council read, AFP reported.
In 2010, Idris ran in the presidential elections against longtime ruler Omar Al-Bashir.
Since April 2023, the war in Sudan has pitted Burhan's army forces against the Rapid Support Forces, commanded by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.
The conflict has killed tens of thousands, displaced 13 million and created what the United Nations describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
Idris replaces veteran diplomat Dafallah Al-Hajj Ali, who was appointed by Burhan at the end of April and served less than three weeks as acting prime minister.
Burhan had earlier said that he would form a technocratic wartime government to help 'complete what remains of our military objectives, which is liberating Sudan from these rebels.'
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