Sudan's new military ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan sacks prosecutor general

Sudan's new military ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan sacked the country's prosecutor general on Tuesday, the military council said, after protesters demanded he be fired.

"Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has issued a declaration sacking the prosecutor general Omer Ahmed Mohamed," the council said in a statement.

Burhan replaced Mohamed with Al-Waleed Sayyed Ahmed as the country's new acting prosecutor general, the council said.

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On Monday the group spearheading the protest movement against the old regime demanded the military council sack the prosecutor general.