Sudanese acting Interior Minister, Anan Hamed Mohammed Omar, who is also the Police Chief has been sacked.
Military leader, Lieutenant General, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, in an issued statement, named Khalid Hassan Muhyi al-Din as the new General Director of Police.
There was no reason given for the sacking, but Burhan had earlier dismissed, in similar decrees, the Governor of the Central Bank and two Foreign Ministry diplomats.
The Police have been inactive in conflict-hit areas, including the capital, Khartoum, since the fighting erupted on 15 April; as a result, acts of disorder, including looting and robbery, have been widely reported in these areas.
Fighting between Sudan’s rival military factions appears to have no end in sight, despite much-touted truce talks brokered by the US and Saudi Arabia.
