SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Hamdok forms Sudan’s second transitional cabinet

9/2/2021: Sudan Tribune - Hamdok forms Sudan’s second transitional cabinet

 Sudan Tribune report on Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s cabinet reshuffle, noting that Five ministers kept their positions in the new cabinet: Defence Minister Yassin Ibrahim, Minister of Justice Nasr al-Din Abdelbari, Minister of Water Yasir Abbas, Minister of Religious Affairs Nasr al-Din Mufreh, and the Minister of Higher Education Intisar Saghairon.

Hamdok said the new Cabinet will prioritise economic issues, implementation of the peace agreement, transitional justice and reforming in the state’s civil and military institutions.

Hamdok added that the Agency for International Development has expressed willingness to invest $ 1.7 billion in Sudan, and that his government plans to inject over $ 300 million in the petroleum sector to double production, alongside allocating $260 million to develop the electricity sector, investing in the agriculture sector, particularly irrigated projects such as Al-Jazirah, Al-Rahad and Al-Suki.