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Sudan’s PM Hamdok resigns as deadly crackdown on protesters continues
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KHARTOUM, 03 January 2022, (TON): Sudan’s civilian Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok resigned Sunday, more than two months after a coup and following another deadly crackdown on protesters, with the military now firmly in control.
Sudan had been undergoing a fragile journey toward civilian rule since the 2019 ouster of autocrat Omar Al-Bashir, but was plunged into turmoil when military leader General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan launched his coup on Oct. 25 and detained Hamdok.
Hamdok was reinstated him on November 21 under a deal promising elections for July 2023, but local media had reported he had been absent from his office for days, with rumors swirling over his possible resignation.
Hamdok said Sunday evening “I have tried my best to stop the country from sliding toward disaster.”
He said “Sudan is crossing a dangerous turning point that threatens its whole survival.”
Hamdok was the civilian face of the country’s fragile transition, while Burhan has been the country’s de facto leader following Bashir’s ouster.
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