Nearly a month after the coup, on November 21, local time, the Sudanese military and Abdallah Hamdok, the prime minister of the Sudanese Transitional Government under house arrest, signed a reconciliation agreement at the Sudanese presidential palace on the afternoon of the 21st, and the leader of the Sudanese military coup and the commander-in-chief of the Sudanese armed forces, General Burhan, announced the release of Hamduke and the formation of a new cabinet. The new cabinet will continue with Hamduk as Prime Minister.
General Burhan, commander-in-chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces (left), and Prime Minister Hamduk, who was previously under house arrest, sign the agreement Image source: Screenshot of the video
Comprehensive British "Guardian", the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Al Jazeera and other media reported on November 21, local time, Hamduk and General Burhan held talks in the presidential palace in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, and then the two sides signed an agreement to release Hamdok and an agreement to form a new provisional cabinet.
The two sides then announced the signing of the agreement on local television, with Hamduk publicly praising General Burhan for bringing him to power in 2019 through "revolution." Burhan thanked Hamduk for his service and vowed to hold "free and transparent elections" as part of the transition process.
Earlier in the day, Fadlallah Burma Nasir, chairman of the Sudan's Umah Party, revealed to the media that Prime Minister Hamduk, the former transitional government of Sudan, has reached an agreement with the military to continue to serve as prime minister of the transitional government and form a transitional government cabinet after the release of all former government officials under control.
According to the Sudan News Agency quoted sources on the 18th local time, Sudan's Internet is gradually recovering, and all telecommunications companies in Sudan will resume Internet communication services. At present, the Internet has been restored in some areas.
Hamduk's office also confirmed on the 21st that the Sudanese military lifted restrictions on his movements on Sunday and withdrew the security forces stationed outside his home.
On October 25, local time, a military coup took place in Sudan, Prime Minister Abdullah Hamduk was placed under house arrest by the Sudanese armed forces, the chairman of the Sudanese Sovereign Committee declared a state of emergency, and then the military dissolved the disintegration of the sovereignty committee and the transitional government. On the same day, internet and telephone communication services in the Sudan were overwhelmingly cut off.
The military coup sparked popular discontent, with Sudan's Ministry of Information issuing a statement saying Sudan's transitional prime minister Hamduk, who was under house arrest, issued a statement calling on people to take to the streets to peacefully defend the revolution. Tens of thousands of Sudanese took to the streets to call on the military to return power. There have been repeated media reports that the Sudanese army opened fire on the demonstrators, causing casualties, but the coup military denied it.
Sudan's coup sparked international discontent, with Western powers condemning the military's takeover and suspending hundreds of millions of dollars in economic aid to Sudan. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has repeatedly urged the Sudanese military to return power.
Sudanese people protesting on the streets on the 21st Photo source: social media
Although the military and the former prime minister reached an agreement, the public continued to take to the streets to demonstrate on the 21st to protest against the coup d'état military. On the 21st, thousands of protesters marched to the presidential palace in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. Demonstrators held up Sudanese flags and photographs of people killed in recent protests against last month's coup and chanted slogans against The Burhan on Sunday. As protesters approached the presidential palace, Sudanese security forces fired tear gas at them.
The local resistance group Forces for The Declaration of Freedom and Change also issued a statement on the 21st opposing any agreement with the military.
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