A multiplicity of mediators is trying to broker a new deal between civilians and army factions, A week after General Abdel Fattah al Burhan s coup and bid to disband the transitional government, military and civilian rivals are locked in negotiations in the face of mounting national and international opposition to the takeover. Abdalla Hamdok, the prime minister sacked by Burhan and put under house arrest, is central to efforts to revive the transition by envoys from the African Union, the UN and the United States.