Sudan's New Cabinet

 The US Institute of Peace posted on 8 February 2021 an analysis titled "What Does Sudan's New Cabinet Mean for its Transition?" by Joseph Tucker, senior expert for the Horn of Africa.  

The paper looks at Sudan's new 25-member cabinet, which is much more political than the previous technocratic cabinet.  It also faces a long list of major challenges. 

South Sudan Cabinet Change

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir (right) and South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit. Flickr/Al Jazeera

South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit recently fired his Vice President, Riek Machar, and the entire cabinet. Amanda Lucey, researcher at the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria, offered an analysis of the situation in a piece dated 30 July 2013 titled "Are South Sudan's Cabinet Sackings an Overdue Development Or a Recipe for Conflict?"