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February 23, 2019
TheSudanese presidency on Saturday announced the appointment of Defence MinisterAwad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf as the first vice President and will remain theDefence Minister.
PresidentOmar al-Bashir declared a one-year nationwide state of emergency on Friday andset up a caretaker administration but retained his defence, foreign and justiceministers.
Protestersfrustrated with economic hardship have demonstrated for more than two monthscalling for an end to Bashir’s 30-year-old rule.
Bashiralso replaced on Friday the governors of every Sudanese state with militaryofficials.
IbnAuf, who previously served as the head of military intelligence, earlier thismonth became the second of several top officials to strike a conciliatory tonetowards the protests, saying that young people caught up in the recent turmoilhad reasonable ambition.