By RFIPubliée on 06-09-2019Modified on 06-09-2019 at 20:43

Appointed Thursday, September 5, the first Sudanese government since the fall of Omar al-Bashir must get to work now. The yards are huge and the crisis far from over.

With eight days behind schedule, the Sudanese government - the first since the fall of Omar al-Bashir - was unveiled yesterday. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok surrounds himself with a team of 18 technicians, including four women. The military as planned retrieves the portfolios of Defense and the Interior.

The stage is important, but some will say that the hard part starts. The cabinet will first have to rebuild a faltering economy. The prime minister called for $ 10 billion in aid and the lifting of US sanctions that cut off Sudan from the international system. He chose Ibrahim Elbadawi, a respected technician from the World Bank, to the very sensitive Ministry of Economy and Finance.

Progress in the transition could convince foreign partners to support the country, which could calm the still strong social discontent. But the work of the government promises to be fraught with obstacles. The question of its relationship with the Sovereign Council and the power struggles within this institution shared between civilians and military could complicate the deal.

The civil coalition expects Abdalla Hamdok to clean up the deep state, the system set up at all levels by Omar al-Bashir during his reign. But the task will be delicate, so much reluctance is strong among the putschists and former allies of the president.

Finally, the Prime Minister put peace at the top of his agenda, while rebel movements felt aggrieved in forming the government. Yesterday, several leaders like Minni Minnawi and Djibril Ibrahim however congratulated Abdalla Hamdok, who announced the creation of a committee dedicated to the peace. Thursday a discreet meeting was held in Darfur between armed groups and the civil coalition that wants to show any good faith.

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