**Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has replaced the country’s influential intelligence chief Salah Gosh, the official Suna news agency reports.**It gave no reason for the move, but said Mr Salah had now been appointed as Mr Bashir’s adviser.
Suna said Gen Mohamed Atta al-Mawla was named as Mr Salah’s successor.
In January, Mr Salah said “outlaws” may start targeting foreigners if the International Criminal Court pursued a case against President Bashir.
Attacks on aid workers have increased in the months since the ICC issued the warrant against Mr Bashir over alleged war crimes in Sudan’s conflict-torn Darfur region, correspondents say.
Mr Salah had been the chief of Sudan’s national security and intelligence since the mid-1990s.
He had co-operated with the US intelligence services in the fight against terror, following the 11 September 2001 attacks in the United States.