Premier reinstated in deal rejected by protesters

Ousted Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok signed a deal with the army that will see him reinstated after last month’s coup, sparking fresh protests by activists demanding a complete end to military rule. Under the pact inked yesterday with Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, people detained for political reasons since the October 25 putsch that overturned the civilian wing of Sudan’s powersharing government will be freed and Hamdok will choose a new Cabinet of technocrats. The terms were read out in a ceremony at the presidential palace in Khartoum