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Gen. Yassin Ibrahim Yassin was sworn in before Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of the ruling sovereign council, according to a statement from the council. Yassin came out of retirement to take the position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and the country\u2019s chief judge Neamat Abdullah attended the ceremony, the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ceremony was held in the capital Khartoum. Attendees were seen in a video posted online by the sovereign council wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the coronavirus, which has further weakened Sudan\u2019s health system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yassin replaced Gen. 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He retired in 2010, according Sudan\u2019s official SUNA news agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The swearing-in came amid tensions with neighboring Ethiopia over a cross-border attack allegedly conducted by a militia backed by Ethiopia\u2019s military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least one Sudanese army officer and one child were killed in an attack on Thursday by an Ethiopian militia group in Sudan\u2019s eastern al-Qadarif province, according to Sudan\u2019s military. Another Sudanese officer and three civilians were wounded in the incident, according to the Sudanese statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sudan is on a fragile path to democracy after a popular uprising led the military to overthrow former president Omar al-Bashir in April last year. 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