Sudan’s Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok has reportedly escaped unharmed after a bomb blast targeted his convoy in Khartoum.
State television has reported that the prime minister’s motorcade was attacked in the blast, but he survived.
Hamdok’s top aide, Ali Bakhit has told AFP news agency that “An explosion hit as Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s car was driving by but thank God no one was hurt”.
Abdalla Hamdok was sworn in last year as Sudan’s new prime minister after protests led to the toppling of former President, Omar al-Bashir.
Hamdok was appointment to work with a new Sudan Sovereign Council which will run the country for three years until elections take place.
The Sovereign Council is currently chaired by a military commander for 21 months. A civilian will then take over until elections in 2022.
These are part of a planned 39-month long transition to democracy after former leader, al-Bashir was ousted in April last year.
On August 17 last year Sudan’s military council and the opposition alliance signed a major power-sharing deal in the capital Khartoum.
The agreement ushered in a country gripped by political crisis and violence into a new era.
Abdalla Hamdok last year vowed to tackle conflict and build a stronger economy.
As leader of the transitional government he has the task of restoring peace as well and helping to return the country to civilian rule.
The renowned economist told journalists that “The revolution’s deep-rooted slogan, ‘freedom, peace and justice,’ will form the programme of the transitional period.”
Source: Africafeeds.com
