UsurpersBurhan and his uneasy ally militia leader 'Hemeti' ousted Sudan's last civilian government in a 25 October coup ejecting Abdalla Hamdok of the FFC as Prime Minister (AC Vol 62 No 22 General Al Burhan's power grab)...
Inflation is above 250% in Sudan and its currency has collapsed by more than 25% since Burhan carried out a coup against his prime minister Abdalla Hamdok in October...
In February 2021 the civilian-military government under Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok was able to unify the different exchange rates of the Sudanese pound stabilising it at about 450 to the dollar...
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Talks on the country's future have become more urgent with Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok's resignation on 2 January which has left the military rulers without any civilian interlocutors and made clear the mass rejection of Burhan's junta...
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The resignation of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on 2 January ended the transition to civil rule and elections as defined in the August 2019 agreement...
HOW THE MILITARY PLANS TO HOLD POWER As national and international pressure mounts General Abdel Fattah al Burhan's junta will try to find a replacement prime minister after Abdalla Hamdok's exit...
After failing to quell the protests Burhan tried to placate the opposition by releasing Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok from house arrest and re-appointing him...
He was Finance Minister under Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok supporting the implementation of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund's harsh economic policies...
Having lost the support of the street and the main opposition groupings Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok faces some stark choices: appoint the ministers of his choice triggering a confrontation with coup leader General Abdel Fattah al Burhan or accept the new status quo of total military control...
The ceremony restoring Abdalla Hamdok to the premiership on 21 November had none of the celebratory atmosphere of the occasion in August 2019 when he was first appointed to lead the transition to civilian rule...
Hemeti's not so veiled threat to play the migration card may also help explain why western countries backed the Sudanese military's deal with Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on 21 November...
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The pact announced on 21 November between the generals that seized power last month and Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok keeps the military in the driving seat with control over the transition to civil rule due by the end of 2023...
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Burhan's ousting of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and his foreign minister Mariam Sadiq al Mahdi who chaired IGAD's council of ministers froze the organisation's initiatives on Ethiopia...
