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Sudan’s army leader al-Burhan appoints former UN official as prime minister

Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan raises his fist after disembarking from a helicopter in Khartoum on March 26, 2025, the day he declared the army had retaken control of the capital [Handout/Sudan Sovereign Council via Reuters]

Sudan’s army chief and de facto head of state, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has appointed former United Nations official Kamil Idris as prime minister, as the country’s civil war grinds on into its third year.

Tens of thousands of people have been killed, critical infrastructure has been destroyed and more than 12 million people have been displaced as a result of the conflict between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

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