World of Politics

PEACEFUL PROTESTS OUST SUDANESE LEADER

After 30 years of rule, Sudan’s president is out. Omar Hassan al-Bashir was ousted from his seat amid a four-month long street protest effort to oppose the leader’s policies and regime. The deposition was peaceful, but new concerns arose among citizens, who fear veering back into the same authoritarian lane, when defense minister Awad Ibn Auf declared himself the leader of a military transition into more sustainable government.

DHS SECRETARY MOST RECENT TO RESIGN

Kirstjen Nielsen has left her post as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Having previously served under the George W. Bush administration, Nielsen’s most significant enactment in office was Trump’s child separation policy at the border. The resignation comes after the president’s increasingly critical posture on her inefficacy in executing his demands to stem immigration.

SAUDI ARABIA DIPLOMAT APPOINTED

The U.S. Senate has confirmed John Abizaid, nominated by President Trump, as ambassador to Saudi Arabia. The position had been vacant since 2017, before President Obama left the White House. Trump had been pushing his party to fill a continuous slew of openings in his administration.