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Prime minister Hamdok is being held at a home for his own safety: Al-Burhan

AP , Tuesday 26 Oct 2021

Sudan's top general Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan says the deposed prime minister is being detained for own safety at the general's own house, not in a prison.

Abdalla Hamdok Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan
Combined image of Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and General Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan. Al-Ahram

General Burhan told a news conference Tuesday that the military has stepped in after talks with Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and the protest movement to resolve a dispute over the country's course reached deadlock.

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Burhan said Hamdok was in good health.

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