Sudanese Prime Minister’s resignation triggered by military reneging on deal, sources say

A video address from Hamdok posted on the verified YouTube account of the Prime Minister’s office Sunday confirmed he had resigned. Hamdok previously stated a key demand of the November 21 deal was independence in his choice of political appointees, as he sought to bring the country back from the brink of chaos following the In addition to reports of interfering in Hamdok’s political appointments, Sudan’s military leadership announced a rebranded relaunch of Al-Burhan reinstated Hamdok in November as part of a deal between the military and civilian leadership.Under the deal agreed to by Hamdok and Al-Burhan, Hamdok would again become leader of the transitional government, which was first established after strongman Bashir was ousted in 2019.In his resignation speech, Hamdok said that his “acceptance of the task to the post of prime minister in August 2019 was on the basis of a constitutional document and political consensus between the civilian and military components, which I preached as a unique Sudanese model.””But it did not survive with the same degree of commitment and harmony with which it started,” Hamdok said. CNN’s Duarte Mendonça contributed to this report.