Sudanese general tightens grip on power following coup

Sudanese general tightens grip on power following coup
General Abdel-Fattah Burhan speaks during a press conference in Khartoum last month (Marwan Ali/AP)

Sudan’s top general has reappointed himself as head of the army-run interim governing body, in a sign that he is tightening his grip on the country two weeks after he led a coup against civilian leaders.

The move by General Abdel-Fattah Burhan was announced by Sudan’s state television.

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