State’s high-level committee recommends establishment of a new administrative capital in Sudan

Khartoum: Sudanese Echoes

Member of the Transitional Sovereignty Council and Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Jabir, chaired today a meeting of the committee tasked with relocating government facilities and strategic sites in central Khartoum to alternative locations in Khartoum State.

The committee, affiliated with the high committee, tasked with preparing the appropriate environment for citizens’ return to Khartoum State.

Lt. Gen. Mohamed Al-Ghali, head of the government facilities relocation committee, indicated that the committee submitted its final report on the proposal to relocate ministries and government institutions to alternative headquarters in Khartoum State.

He explained that the committee would issue directives to all relevant government bodies to develop the necessary implementation measures.

He confirmed that the government facilities relocation committee has decided to evacuate the central Khartoum area, extending from Nile Street in the north to Al-Gurashi Park in the south, and Al-Mugran area in the west to the General Command of the Armed Forces in the east, with the aim of replanning it in a civilized manner.

The committee recommended proceeding with the construction of a new administrative capital.