Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Wednesday named civilian governors for the country’s 18 states, including two women.
“Appointment of civilian governors for the states constitutes a completion for the structures of the transitional period,’’ said Hamdok at a press conference in the capital Khartoum.
Hamdok described the appointment of the new governors as "the real start of change in the states".
According to the Prime Minister, the selection process was based on nominations presented by the Forces of Freedom and Change in the states.
The new state governors are Ayman Khalid (Khartoum), Abdallah Ohaj (Red Sea state), Saleh Mohamed (Kassala), Suleiman Ali (El Gedaref), El Mahi Suleiman (Sennar), Abdelrahman Noureldayem (Blue Nile state), Hamid El Bashir (South Kordofan), Hamid Abdelrahman (West Kordofan), Khalid Mustafa (North Kordofan), Ismail Warrag (White Nile state), Abdallah Idris (El Gezira), Amna Ahmed (River Nile state), Amal Ezzeldin (Northern State), Mohamed Arabi (North Darfur), Mohamed Eisa (East Darfur), Mousa Mahdi (South Darfur), Adeeb Yousef (Central Darfur), and Mohamed El Doma (West Darfur).