Sudanese Vice President Ali Taha steps down
Iran Press TV
Sat Dec 7, 2013 8:10PM GMT
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has announced the resignation of his First Vice President Ali Taha, the North African country's media have reported.
'[He] resigned to make space for the youth and there are no conflicts between us,' Bashir said on Saturday.
The Sudanese president, who is holding a meeting with the leaders of the ruling National Congress Party, is likely to announce a further cabinet reshuffle later in the day.
Taha was the chief negotiator in Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005 that ended the civil war.
Last month, he announced that the government was planning a major cabinet reshuffle.
Analysts say the cabinet reshuffle is aimed at calming down protesters, who took to the streets after the government cut fuel subsidies to deal with increasing economic worries.
Sudan lost billions of dollars in oil revenues after South Sudan gained independence two years ago, taking with it some 75 percent of crude production of the formerly united country.
Sudan has been plagued by running inflation and a weakening currency since then.
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