Sudan: Abdel Fattah al-Burhan dismisses 30 university directors

Sudan: Abdel Fattah al-Burhan dismisses 30 university directors

Sudanese military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has sacked 30 directors of public universities and appointed 30 new ones, following his decree dissolving the governing boards of public universities.

He has been ruling by decree since he ousted the transitional government led by civilian Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok in October 2021.

Professors at Sudan University said they would begin a strike to protest against the decision, the Reuters news agency reports.

The news agency also cited the head of the University of Khartoum as describing Gen Burhan’s decisions as illegal.

Learning institutions have been instrumental in the protests against the military rulers.

Last week, authorities in the capital Khartoum dismissed 13 education ministry officials and accused them of disobeying directives issued after the coup to keep separate educational issues from politics, the BBC reports.

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