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Burhan faced with headache of replacing Hamdok

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“Sudan, a new playground for business”
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Sudan, a new playground for business

The coup led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on 25 October 2021 has stopped Sudan's transition model dead in its tracks. With a military junta in power, international institutions and Western governments have stopped sending aid to Khartoum as they wait for guarantees from the new administration. Yet important economic reforms launched at the end of 2020 have turned Sudan into a new market which banks and multinationals are hoping to conquer. Meanwhile, Moscow, Beijing, Ankara and the Gulf states have been watching these developments from afar, only mildly condemning the regime change which may well work in their favour as they also try to seize opportunities in this new El Dorado. [...]
Sudan's General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
Sudan's General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. © EPA-EFE/Republican Media Palace/Handout/MaxPPP
In the hope of not totally alienating itself from the United States and the European Union, the regime of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan is striving to find an acceptable replacement for its civilian prime minister Abdalla Hamdok, who quit the administration on 2 January. To avoid creating further tensions within Sudan's political class, the military is looking for a civil servant with international credibility, not unlike Hamdok... [...] (974 words)
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General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo aka Hemeti (left), with the chairman of the Sovereign Council, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. © Mahmoud Hjaj/Anadolu Agency via AFP
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SUDAN Politics 17/01/2022

Burhan and Hemeti keep a tight hold on power in Khartoum 

Now in total control, General Burhan and his deputy "Hemeti" form a duo that is holding together the regime currently in charge of Sudan. On paper, they have nothing in common. Burhan is a career soldier, while Hemeti is a militiaman turned politician. [...]

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