Sudanese writer and political analyst Mubarak al-Bilal says SAF chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s recent personnel moves — including the dismissal of the attorney general and his deputies — are aimed at appeasing domestic and external audiences but will not dislodge Islamists embedded across the state.
“Most army, security and police leaders come from the Islamic Movement,” al-Bilal told local media, adding that, as the Sudanese saying goes, “Haj Ahmed leaves and the replacement is Ahmed” — meaning any sacked Islamist is simply replaced by another, often more experienced, figure. “What we’re seeing are the death throes of a slaughtered animal,” he said.
Addressing the prosecutorial shake-up, al-Bilal noted backstage accusations from senior SAF and Sovereign Council figures — citing comments by Gen. Yasser al-Atta that the Public Prosecution is a “fifth column.” But he said no convincing rationale for the dismissals has been presented, only leaks and contradictory accounts.
Al-Bilal said he does not expect an open confrontation between al-Burhan and the Islamic Movement. “Those issuing these decisions are fully aligned before they go public,” he argued. He added that the attorney general’s removal has become routine: the media often learns the new name only after the fact, via leaks, with no explanations or press conferences.
