Burhan promoted Lt.-Col. Mudathir Osman (red arrow) as his office secretary in the army headquarters – the son-in-law of the fugitive Islamist leader, Ali Karti.
Burhan also appointed Husham Hussein (Al-Sobat), the former office manager of the NCP’s security service, as the deputy director of the General Intelligence Service. Hussein played a pivotal role in the pro-military protests that took place before the coup