SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Abdalla Hamdok appointed new Sudan prime minister

21/8/19: Multiple sources – Abdalla Hamdok appointed new Sudan prime minister

• Reuters, by Khalid Abdelaziz

• AFP

• BBC

• Financial Times, by Tom Wilson

• Bloomberg, by Mohammed Alamin

 Sudan has appointed Abdalla Hamdok as the new prime minister, as Sudan embarks on a three-year transition to civilian rule.

 Hamdok was sworn in as transitional prime minister on arrival from Ethiopia, where he has worked as a respected senior economist for the UN since 2011 before stepping down last year.

 "The government's top priorities are to stop the war, build sustainable peace, address the severe economic crisis and build a balanced foreign policy," he told reporters, adding that “the revolution’s deep-rooted slogan, ‘freedom, peace and justice,’ will form the programme of the transitional period.”

 "With the right vision, with the right policies, we will be able to address this economic crisis," Hamdok said.

 Hamdok’s appointment marks the first time that Sudan has not been under (formal) full military rule since Omar Al Bashir came to power in a 1989 coup.