Sudanese President al-Bashir Fires Security Adviser Gosh

Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir fired his security adviser and former head of intelligence, Salah Gosh, the state-run SUNA news agency reported late yesterday, without giving a reason for the dismissal.

Gosh’s removal reflects widening divisions in the ruling National Congress Party over oil-rich Southern Sudan’s independence in July, the International Criminal Court’s indictment of al-Bashir for war crimes in Darfur and whether to engage with opposition parties, said Fouad Hikmat, Brussels-based International Crisis Group’s special adviser on Sudan.