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Sudan's coup leader says he'll announce next PM 'within a week'

Gen. Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan pledged that the next prime minister would be a technocrat and the military would make an appointment in the coming days.

Supporters of the Umma Party, Sudan's largest political party, chant slogans during a protest against a military coup.
Supporters of the Umma Party, Sudan's largest political party, chant slogans during a protest against a military coup that overthrew the transition to civilian rule, on Oct. 29, 2021, in the capital Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman. — EBRAHIM HAMID/AFP via Getty Images

The leader of Sudan's military coup said the military will appoint a new prime minister within a week, as international condemnation of the takeover builds. 

After seizing power earlier this week, Sudan’s military dissolved the transitional government and detained Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and other ministers. The deposed leader and his wife were allowed to return to their home in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on Tuesday. 

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