Sudan deputy leader declines to head key reforms committee

Sudan's deputy chief of the ruling military council General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. PHOTO | EBRAHIM HAMID | AFP

Sudan’s deputy leader of the Transitional Sovereign Council, which was named last week after the October military takeover, has declined to take up the lead role of a key reform committee set up to break the country from the regime of ousted president Omar al-Bashir.

Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, who leads the feared paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, on Monday turned down the offer to head the Empowerment Removal Committee.