Later he was appointed by Al-Bashir as Minister of Education, Culture and Information and the Official Government Spokesman and deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and later appointed as Ambassador of the Sudan to Italy, Spain, Greece and San Marino. During his time as Ambdassador he continually disagreed with the government and in 1995 was instructed to return indefinitely to the Sudan. He chose to travel to the UK where he became a Political Observer, Analyst, Lecturer, Author and Columnist.