Sudan’s Hamdok takes office as new prime minister, vows to tackle conflicts and economy

By Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's new Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was sworn in on Wednesday as leader of a transitional government, and vowed to make achieving peace and solving the country's economic crisis a priority. The appointment of the renowned economist came as General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the outgoing head of the military council, was sworn in as leader of the new Sovereign Council that will run the country for three years until an election after decades of autocratic rule. "The revolution's deep-rooted slogan, 'freedom, peace and justice' will form the programme of the transitional period," Hamdok told reporters at a news conference in the capital Khartoum.

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