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Sudan Restores Public Property in Blow to Bashir Allies

Sudan Restores Public Property in Blow to Bashir Allies
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Sudan Restores Public Property in Blow to Bashir Allies

Sudan Restores Public Property in Blow to Bashir Allies

Sudan’s Committee for Dismantling Ingaz (Salvation) Regime and Removing Empowerment has issued decisions to dismiss figures who were serving during the term of ousted President Omar al-Bashir.

The decisions target those in leadership positions in a number of ministries and government institutions and call for seizing their property and preventing them from traveling abroad, pending judicial action.

Member of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Mohamed Alfaki Suleiman, vice-chairman of the Committee, affirmed that the decisions are consensual.

He said all the transitional authority’s institutions have agreed that dismantling the ousted regime is a strategic approach that is stipulated in the constitutional document, being one of the most important goals of the protest movement.

At a press conference he held in Khartoum on Thursday, Alfaki said the Committee has taken 13 decisions to end the role of Bashir-era figures in state institutions.

Some decisions have been postponed for further study, he noted.

All ministries are currently reviewing the files of their employees, Alfaki said, adding that a number of decisions have been transferred to the general prosecutor.

The decisions include restoring public institutions and real estate seized by some figures for their own benefit, dissolving unions, and confiscating their assets and funds.

Member of the Committee Wajdi Saleh said 51 employees have been fired from the Ministry of Youth and Sports, in addition to 51 Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning staff members.

The Committee decided to dismiss four managers and employees at the Ministry of Urban Planning, and managers of the Land Authority and the Housing and Construction Fund, Saleh added.

It also dismissed the General Manager of the “Blue Nile” channel, Hassan Fadl al-Mawla, in addition to redeeming 16 million shares from the “Nile Bank” for the Ministry of Finance, Khartoum State.

A decision to revoke the licenses of a number of organizations and associations established under Bashir was also issued, Saleh noted, adding that all of their real estate accounts and assets were seized and transferred to the Ministry of Finance.

The Committee also ordered freezing the accounts and shares, and seizing the property of a number of companies and brand names registered under pro-Bashir associations and organizations.

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Biden Warns Israel against Iran Oil Strikes as War Fears Mount

US President Joe Biden speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 4, 2024. (AFP)
US President Joe Biden speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 4, 2024. (AFP)
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Biden Warns Israel against Iran Oil Strikes as War Fears Mount

US President Joe Biden speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 4, 2024. (AFP)
US President Joe Biden speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 4, 2024. (AFP)

US President Joe Biden on Friday advised Israel against striking Iran's oil facilities, saying he was trying to rally the world to avoid the escalating prospect of all-out war in the Middle East.

But his predecessor Donald Trump, currently campaigning for another term in power, went so far as to suggest Israel should "hit" Iran's nuclear sites.

Making a surprise first appearance in the White House briefing room, Biden said that Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu "should remember" US support for Israel when deciding on next steps.

"If I were in their shoes, I'd be thinking about other alternatives than striking oil fields," Biden told reporters, when asked about his comments a day earlier that Washington was discussing the possibility of such strikes with its ally.

Biden added that the Israelis "have not concluded how they're, what they're going to do" in retaliation for a huge ballistic missile attack by Iran on Israel on Tuesday.

The price of oil had jumped after Biden's remarks Thursday.

Any long-term rise could be damaging for US Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democrat confronts Republican Trump in a November 5 election where the cost of living is a major issue.

Meanwhile Trump, campaigning in North Carolina, offered a far more provocative view of what he thinks a response to Iran should be, referencing a question posed to Biden this week about the possibility of Israel targeting Iran's nuclear program.

"They asked him, 'what do you think about Iran, would you hit Iran?' And he goes, 'As long as they don't hit the nuclear stuff.' That's the thing you want to hit, right?" Trump told a town hall style event in Fayetteville, near a major US military base.

Biden "got that one wrong," Trump said.

"When they asked him that question, the answer should have been, hit the nuclear first, and worry about the rest later," Trump added.

Trump has spoken little about the recent escalation in tensions in the Middle East. But he issued a scathing statement this week, holding Biden and Harris responsible for the crisis.

- 'Wait to see' -

Biden's appearance at the famed briefing room podium was not announced in advance, taking reporters by surprise.

It comes at a tense time as he prepares to leave office with the Mideast situation boiling over and political criticism at home over his handling of a recent hurricane that struck the US southeast.

Biden said he was doing his best to avoid a full-scale conflagration in the Middle East, where Israel is bombing Lebanon in a bid to wipe out the Iranian-backed Hezbollah.

"The main thing we can do is try to rally the rest of the world and our allies into participating... to tamp this down," he told reporters.

"But when you have (Iranian) proxies as irrational as Hezbollah and the Houthis (of Yemen)... it's a hard thing to determine."

Biden however had tough words for Netanyahu, with whom he has had rocky relations as he seeks to manage Israel's response following the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.

The Israeli premier has repeatedly ignored Biden's calls for restraint on Lebanon, and on Israel's war in Gaza, which has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians.

Biden deflected a question on whether he believed Netanyahu was hanging back on signing a Middle East peace deal in a bid to influence the US presidential election.

"No administration has helped Israel more than I have. None, none, none. And I think Bibi should remember that," Biden said.

"And whether he's trying to influence the election, I don't know, but I'm not counting on that."

Biden said he had still not spoken to Netanyahu since the Iranian attack, which involved some 200 missiles, but added their teams were in "constant contact."

"They're not going to make a decision immediately, and so we're going to wait to see when they want to talk," the US leader added.

Iran said its attack was in retaliation for the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Hezbollah has been launching rockets at Israel since shortly after the October 7, 2023 attacks.