Inner circles | Sudan
Burhan strengthens his grip on power through new sovereignty council
By setting up a new sovereignty council, whose first members he announced last week, the putschist general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has taken firm control of the country's institutions and rid himself of a civilian component that had become cumbersome. However, appointing a prime minister remains a headache, and Abdalla Hamdok is still not completely out of the game.
