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Successor for Hamdok finally on the cards

A year after the previous incumbent stepped down, several figures in the Forces of Freedom and Change coalition are in the running for the prime minister's job. The appointment will come in the wake of a framework agreement signed with the military authorities on 5 December and is supposed to be a first step towards a presidential election. [...]

Published on 22/12/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Abdalla Hamdok
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Forces of Freedom and Change
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Gibril Ibrahim
Hamid al-Bashir Ibrahim
Ibrahim al-Badawi
Justice and Equality Movement
Minni Minnawi
Nasredeen Abdulbari
Omar al-Bashir
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Taha Osman
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Security reform still a sticking point in political dialogue

Sudan should get its transition to democracy back on track in the first half of April. Thorny issues like the integration of the powerful Rapid Support Forces into the regular army look unlikely to be settled by then, however.

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Members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries in the village of Abraq, about 60 km northwest of Khartoum, on 22 June 2019.

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West's special envoys to meet in Khartoum

The West's special envoys for the Horn of Africa are due to meet in Khartoum in mid-February. They will discuss how they can best support the process that is supposed to lead quickly to the appointment of a prime minister and a government.

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Khartoum tackles complex matter of dismantling Bashir-era Islamist networks

Themed working groups will now begin meeting, after the signing of a framework agreement in December between the ruling military and some of the political class. The discussions will include focusing on breaking up former president Omar al-Bashir's regime.

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Former Darfur rebels hold out for fresh talks on 5 December agreement

Despite the proclaimed determination of the Sudanese political and military elite to get the political transition process under way, the 13-month stand-off, which has now ended, has left some parties seriously disgruntled.

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Transition: 5 December agreement reopens race for prime minister

The signatories of the 5 December peace agreement are trying to stick to a tight, self-imposed 24-month deadline. The appointment of a new prime minister is not expected in the immediate future.

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Inside Sudan's labyrinthine military-industrial complex

At the heart of the disputes between civilians and the military, which led to the October 2021 coup, are the hundreds of Sudanese companies owned by the army and which remain an obscure maze in which public and private interests are intertwined.

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General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chairman of Sudan's Sovereign Council and commander of the army, in Khartoum on 27 June 2022.

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Darfur kingpin Minni Minnawi struggles to emerge from Khartoum's shadow

The prominent governor of Darfur lacks levers of influence in this region, which remains largely dependent on the goodwill of the central government. As the area slides once again into inter-ethnic violence, Minni Minnawi's patience is being sorely tested.

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Suliman Arcua Minnawi, known as "Minni Minnawi", Governor of Darfur.

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Hamdok's hesitations prove to be his undoing

After a little over two years in power, Sudan's prime minister was removed after a military coup. He was known for taking the need for consensus to the extreme.

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Sudan's ousted prime minister Abdalla Hamdok.

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Nasredeen Abdulbari
Omar al-Bashir
Sudan Liberation Movement-MM
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Taha Osman
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Yasir Abbas

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Sudan
Successor for Hamdok finally on the cards

Sudan
Security reform still a sticking point in political dialogue

Sudan
West's special envoys to meet in Khartoum

Sudan
Khartoum tackles complex matter of dismantling Bashir-era Islamist networks

Sudan
Former Darfur rebels hold out for fresh talks on 5 December agreement

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Transition: 5 December agreement reopens race for prime minister

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Darfur kingpin Minni Minnawi struggles to emerge from Khartoum's shadow

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Hamdok's hesitations prove to be his undoing