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The resignation of Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok on Sunday evening, in a televised address to the people, sparked widespread reactions at both the local and regional levels, as well as impacting Sudan’s position internationally. The chairman of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council, Commander-in-Chief of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, stressed the need to form an independent government with specific tasks agreed upon by all Sudanese in these historical circumst...

Yasser Arman, Deputy Head of the SPLM-N led by Malik Agar, said that the recent coup raised a heated debate over the participation of the signatory groups in the government.

The coup d’état staged on October 25 illustrates how entrenched kleptocratic systems fight back when their interests and stranglehold on national economies are threatened.

A delegation from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has arrived in Khartoum to discuss the extradition of ousted President Omar Al Bashir, former Defence Minister Abdelrahim Hussein, and former Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs Ahmed Haroun, who are being held in Kober Prison in Khartoum North.

Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, reinstated after a coup, must now pull off a political juggling act if he is to realise his ambition of forming a government to secure a civilian foothold in his country's turbulent transition away from autocracy.To salvage the process - as well as his reputation - the softly spoken economist needs to establish his...

SUDAN-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 1, ANALYSIS, TV, PIX):ANALYSIS-Under fire, Sudans Hamdok battles to save political transition

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, reinstated after a coup, must now pull off a political juggling act if he is to realise his ambition of forming a government to secure a civilian foothold in his country's turbulent transition away from autocracy.

The controversial political agreement signed on November 21 by Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, leader of the military junta that seized power in Sudan in a coup d’état on October 25, and Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok, is “an intermediate stage that allows avoiding the worst effects of the coup, including bloodshed, international isolation, and Sudan’s return to its former pariah status in the international community”.

“The resistance that has been organized throughout the country has borne fruit.”

“The resistance that has been organized throughout the country has borne fruit.”