Sudan's Bashir replaces intelligence chief: state media

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Agency February 12, 2018
Sudan's Bashir replaces intelligence chief: state media

KHARTOUM - Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir Sunday replaced powerful intelligence chief Mohammed Atta, the official news agency SUNA reported, amid a security crackdown on opposition protests against rising food prices. 
Bashir issued a presidential decree announcing Salah Abdallah Mohammed Salih as the new head of the country's National Intelligence and Security Service, SUNA said, without providing further details. 
 

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