CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Al-Bashir served as head of state, under the title of Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation from 1989 to 1993 and as president from 1993 to 2019 (and from 1996 as the leader of the National Congress Party).

Detailed explanation-2: -Omar al-Bashir, in full Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, (born January 7, 1944, Hosh Wad Banaqa, Sudan), Sudanese military officer who led a revolt that overthrew the elected government of Sudan in 1989. He served as president of Sudan from 1993 until 2019, when he was ousted in a military coup.

Detailed explanation-3: -He was elected three times as president in elections that have been under scrutiny for electoral fraud. In 1992, al-Bashir founded the National Congress Party, which remained the dominant political party in the country until 2019.

Detailed explanation-4: -Salva Kiir Mayardit, (born 1951, Akon, Sudan [now in South Sudan]), southern Sudanese rebel leader who in 2011 became the first president of the newly independent country of South Sudan.

Detailed explanation-5: -Incumbent Abdalla Hamdok was appointed as Prime Minister by the Sovereignty Council on 21 August 2019, as part of the country’s transition to democracy.