October 15, 2023 (PORT SUDAN) – Sudan’s performing Prime Minister, Osman Hussein, dismissed Mubarak Ardol, the Director Basic of the Sudanese Mineral Assets Firm, from his place on Sunday.
The choice, which was issued on the request of the mining minister, didn’t present any particular causes for Ardol’s dismissal. Nonetheless, it got here shortly after the discharge of an audio recording by which Ardol spoke about his intention to purchase an internet site that had printed an article claiming that the Head of the Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, had refused to obtain him however later agreed to take action after the intervention of his deputy, Malik Agar.
That is the second leaked audio recording of Ardol. In August 2023, one other recording was launched by which Ardol criticized al-Burhan in a dialog with Nur al-Dayem Taha, a number one member of the Sudan Liberation Motion of Minni Minnawi (SLM-MM).
In an announcement to the Aljmaheer web site on Monday, Ardol mentioned that he had been conscious of the choice to dismiss him for ten days. He additionally mentioned he expects Taha to be appointed to his former place.
Ardol spoke about divisions inside the Democratic Bloc, a political coalition that features his group, SLM-MM, and the Justice and Equality Motion of Gibril Ibrahim. He linked his dismissal to an influence battle inside the coalition, pointing to disagreements throughout a latest assembly of the bloc’s leaders within the Eritrean capital.
Ardol was appointed Director Basic of the Sudanese Mineral Assets Firm in April 2020 by former Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok. He has confronted accusations of corruption and losing the cash of a social duty fund devoted to social tasks within the gold manufacturing areas. On August 5, 2021, Hamdok summoned Ardol to clarify his choice to make use of this fund to contribute to the reception ceremony of the Governor of the Darfur area, Minni Arko Minawi, in El Fasher.
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