Sudan ruling council appoints 2 to top judicial posts

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s transitional government has appointed a new chief of the judiciary and new public prosecutor after several weeks of pressure from pro-democracy activists.
Mohamed al-Fakki Soliman, spokesman of the joint civilian-military Sovereign Council, said Thursday that Justice Neamat Abdullah Mohamed Kheir, a veteran female judge, was named chief of the judiciary and that Taj al-Ser Ali al-Hebr was appointed the country’s public prosecutor.
Soliman said the new appoi