Pressure is increasing on the proof of it.. Will Hamdok return to head the government in Sudan?

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contrast to the news of the contacts with him, the latest of which was from US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, information appears to be scarce about Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok after he returned to his residence in the Sudanese capital (Khartoum) amid tight security, a day after the Sudanese army chief, Lieutenant-General, confirmed Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan hosted him at his home after declaring a state of emergency and dissolving the government.

Al-Burhan had indicated - in his press conference yesterday, Tuesday - that Hamdok's return to his residence "depends on securing his safety," as he described it, denying talk of his detention.

The measures implemented by the army at dawn last Sunday and the detention of the Prime Minister faced widespread international condemnation, in addition to the popular rejection by supporters of the transitional government headed by Hamdok.

Many heads of state and international organizations called for the immediate and unconditional release of Hamdok, and for the re-routing of the transitional process to before the declaration of a state of emergency.

Blinken called Hamdok today, Wednesday (French)

Regional and international pressures

Regionally, the African Union issued a strongly worded statement in the face of declaring a state of emergency in Sudan, and considered the army leadership's move as a military coup unacceptable;

As a result, he suspended Sudan’s membership in the Union - the continental organization that sponsored the partnership agreement between the military and civilians after the fall of President Omar al-Bashir in April 2019 - and he was not satisfied with the decision to suspend membership, but went to send a mission to Khartoum to work on restoring the path of democratic transition, and it is expected to arrive on the day Tomorrow Thursday.

In his first public contact with abroad since last Monday, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok received a phone call from US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

The US State Department said that Blinken spoke in a telephone conversation with Hamdok, welcomed his release, and renewed the demand for the release of the remaining detainees.

For their part, the Troika countries (the United States, Norway and Britain) linked their continued cooperation with Sudan to the return of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok to his duties. On Tuesday, Washington froze financial aid worth 700 million dollars to support the transition process in Sudan.

In a later development, the World Bank suspended its aid to Sudan, which amounts to $3 billion to support infrastructure and energy projects in the next three years.

Internally, signs of civil disobedience are still visible in the streets of the Sudanese capital (Khartoum) in the face of the army’s latest move, as many cities witnessed demonstrations and roadblocks are still placed on main roads and streets, calling for the return of civilian rule.

The imperative of dialogue

Political analyst Yassin Hassan Bashir told Al Jazeera Net that information is scarce about Hamdok's situation, and what the situation will lead to due to the continued cut off of the Internet, but he stressed that the solution to the current crisis is dialogue and nothing else.

He added that the opportunity is still available for all parties to sit down and prepare to provide the required deals, and to spare the country the risk of slipping into chaos.

Bashir believes that everyone's agreement is what is required, even if it is for an independent government, if that represents a way out of the crisis.

Al-Burhan spoke positively about Hamdok in his press conference yesterday, Tuesday, and said that he is hosting him at his home to secure it (Al-Jazeera)

expect settlement

"Hamdok is the only person that the Sudanese street is betting on now," says the editor-in-chief of the political newspaper, Othman Fadlallah, and adds in an interview with Al Jazeera Net, "The evidence indicates the coup's lack of any local or international support, and that any attempt to exclude Hamdok from the political scene. It will entail a confrontation of the Sudanese army with the international community and the Sudanese street."

Fadlallah expects a political settlement to get out of the current situation, and said that the settlement must be a party to the Sudanese street, not just the forces of freedom and change.

Professor of Political Science at Al-Azhari University Fatima Al-Aqib expressed her optimism about Abdullah Hamdouk's return to head the government, and told Al Jazeera Net that Hamdok has capabilities that enable him to maintain the country's national security.

And she added, "If Hamdok refuses to respond to internal and international pressures for his return, he will dashed the hopes of large sectors of the Sudanese people in the success of building the future state."

The leadership of the Sudanese army, led by Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan, declared a state of emergency in the country to correct what it called “the course of the revolution”, after sharp differences between the components of the ruling coalition and the Freedom and Change sit-in, the “National Accord Group” in front of the presidential palace since October 16, demanding the dissolution of the government and the expansion of the base Participation in it, a position that was supported by the military component of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, while Freedom and Change - the other partner who brought Hamdok to the prime ministership - refused to include elements from parties that say they supported the Bashir regime until its fall.