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Sudan’s PM Hamdok intends to resign within hours, say sources
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KHARTOUM, 22 December 2021, (TON): Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has told “a group of national political and intellectual figures that he intends to resign in the coming hours, two sources close to Hamdok told Reuters.”
Hamdok was reinstated on Nov. 21 following a coup a month earlier that saw the military take power and end a transitional partnership with political parties.
While several political forces took part in drafting the agreement, according to the sources, it has faced widespread criticism from parties and the general public.
On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of people marched on the presidential palace rejecting both military rule and Hamdok’s decision to return, which he had said he took to preserve gains made during the transition and to end bloodshed.
Some 47 people have died in crackdowns on protests against military rule, including two as a result of Saturday’s protest.
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