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Al-Araby
After civilian Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok resigned following another deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, we look at developments in Sudan since the October coup which disrupted a transition to civilian rule in the wake of dictator Omar Al-Bashir’s overthrow in 2019. On 25 October, soldiers arrest civilian members of the transitional government, including Hamdok, for refusing to back their takeover. Led by General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, they declare a state of emergency. Hamdok’s office urges protesters to take to the streets, where security forces fire on demonstrators, killing s…