SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Reuters – Sudan's PM selects members of first cabinet since Bashir's ouster
Sources have told Reuters that Sudan’s prime minister Hamdok has approved 14 civilian members of his cabinet, nominating Sudan’s first female foreign minister (Asmaa Abdallah) and World Bank economist Ibrahim Elbadawi as the finance minister.
At a joint press conference with German foreign minister Heiko Maas, Hamdok did not directly refer to the cabinet members but said that” it would be logical” for women to receive appropriate representation since “women...were on the frontline of this revolution”
Hamdok added that Sudan needs to address the shortage of commodity items – sugar, flour and petroleum - stop inflation, deal with the exchange rate of Sudan’s currency and restore confidence in the banking system, within six months to a year.