Sudan PM quits

Sudan's civilian Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has resigned, 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 October 25 and detained Hamdok.

Hamdok was reinstated on November 21 under a deal promising elections for mid-2023. 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.

Mass protests against the coup have continued even after Hamdok was reinstated. Protesters have charged that the deal to reinstate Hamdok simply aimed to give a cloak of legitimacy to the generals.