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Hamdok's hesitations prove to be his undoing

Sudan's ousted prime minister Abdalla Hamdok.
Sudan's ousted prime minister Abdalla Hamdok. © Mohamed Khidir/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP
After a little over two years in power, Sudan's prime minister was removed after a military coup. He was known for taking the need for consensus to the extreme. [...] (860 words)
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Al-Burhan's coup d'état comes at the worst time for Paris 

The 25 October coup by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan occurred just as France had been planning key meetings with Khartoum throughout November. For Paris, like London and Washington, has been trying to get a foothold in Sudan. [...]
From left to right: General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, French President Emmanuel Macron and Sudanese PM Abdalla Hamdok at the International Conference for Sudan, May 2021.
From left to right: General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, French President Emmanuel Macron and Sudanese PM Abdalla Hamdok at the International Conference for Sudan, May 2021. © Jacques Witt/Pool/Abaca/Reuters

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