First time in Sudan: Christian woman at the top

For the first time in the history of Sudan, a woman, and additionally a Christian, has reached the highest authority, Al Diyar reported today. The rule in Sudan, to recall, has been transferred from the Military Council to an 11-member Sovereign Council becoming the highest authority in the country under the terms of the Constitutional Declaration. The latter, to recall, has dissolved the transitional military council which ruled Sudan since the overthrow of Omar Hassan Al Bashir in April. Al Diyar said that following a lengthy meeting between the Military Council and the opposition Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) alliance, agreement was reached to appoint Raja Nicola Abdel Massih as a conciliatory member of the new Sovereign Council. Abdel Massih, born in Om Durman, holds a bachelor of laws from Cairo University (1980). She was appointed in the ministry of justice in 1982 and gradually promoted to an advisor in the ministry in 2005 to be recently nominated by FFC to represent the Christian side in the Sovereign Council. (Al Diyar, August 21, 2019)