SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Hamdok reinstated as Prime Minister in a deal rejected by Sudan’s pro-democracy movement

21/11/2021: Multiple sources – Hamdok reinstated as Prime Minister in a deal rejected by Sudan’s pro-democracy movement

• BBC

• Guardian, by Peter Beaumont

• Bloomberg, by Mohammed Alamin and Abdel Latif Wahba

• Financial Times, by Andres Schipani

• Washington Post, by Max Bearak and Miriam Berger

• Wall Street Journal, by Nicholas Bariyo

• Reuters, by Khalid Abdelaziz

• CNN, by Yassir Abdullah and Eyad Kourdi

• AFP

• Radio Dabanga

• Sudan Tribune

Abdalla Hamdok signed a deal with the army that will see him reinstated as Prime Minister after last month’s coup, sparking fresh protests by activists demanding a complete end to military rule.

Under the pact, the army promises to free political detainees of the coup, and Hamdok will be allowed to choose a new technocratic government, with military oversight.

Protesters labelled Hamdok a traitor and accused him of standing with the coup leaders. The Sudanese Professionals Association labelled the deal “treasonous”.

The deal was also rejected by the Forces of Freedom and Change and Sudan Doctors Syndicate, and more pro-democracy groups.

“The streets have already vowed to keep resisting, so it’s likely that we’ll see more, not fewer, protests,” said Kholood Khair, managing partner at Insight Strategy Partners.