By RFIPosted on 04-10-2019Modified on 04-10-2019 at 22:41
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok dismissed 35 directors and presidents of administrative councils from public universities on Thursday (October 3rd).
The government wants to progressively clean up the public sectors to remove officials loyal to the former regime of Omar el-Bashir . This is a war that the Prime Minister is engaging against the power of the Muslim Brotherhood, according to sources close to the government. First target: higher education.
In the time of ousted President Omar al-Bashir, these kinds of public service positions, such as senior university officials, could only be attributed to followers of the regime.
All the returned academics are former ministers, members of the Congress Party ... And to this are added some symbols of the old regime, all known for their membership in the Muslim Brotherhood .
These officials were quickly replaced by people appointed by Abdallah Hamdok, the Prime Minister, in person. And it is now a woman who runs the University of Khartoum.
This expected measure has been widely welcomed on social networks. For some observers, it is a prelude to recover the prestige of Sudanese universities and to avoid the Islamization of higher education.
Many Sudanese want this purge extended to other public sectors, still controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood. Under his rule, Omar al-Bashir had implemented a policy called "Tamkin", which allowed the Muslim Brotherhood to lead all sectors of the state.
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