By SPA
Khartoum : Sudan has reshuffled 12 cabinet posts including moving the influential energy minister Awad Ahmed al-Jaz to the finance ministry and removing the justice minister from his post, state media reported, according to Reuters.
Ex-finance minister al-Zubeir Ahmed al-Hassan will now lead the energy ministry, the state-owned Sudanese Media Centre news agency said. Both are key ministries in Sudan, which produces more than 500,000 barrels per day of oil.
Justice Minister Mohamed Ali al-Mardi’s departure comes after disputes with many media organisations over a series of reporting bans. Minister for Federal Affairs Abdel Basit Sabderat replaced Mardi.
Ibrahim Ahmed Omer, a senior figure in President Omar Hassan al-Bashir’s National Congress Party who came out of retirement to advise Bashir on media matters, was appointed minister for
science and technology.
Former governor of Kassala Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamad became minister of interior, replacing Al-Zubayr Bashir Taha who moved to the agriculture and forestry portfolio.