Sudan PM Abdalla Hamdok dismisses police chiefs over post-coup violence

Abdalla Hamdok

 Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. He has sacked police chiefs. PHOTO | AFP

What you need to know:

  • Military chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan seized power and detained Hamdok on October 25, but after international condemnation and mass protests he reinstated the premier in a November 21 deal.
  • Medics say at least 42 people were killed as security forces sought to crush weeks of anti-coup demonstrations, with protests continuing even after Hamdok's release from house arrest and return to his post last week.
  • Medics have accused security forces of targeting protesters in the "head, neck and torso" with live ammunition, as well as with rubber-coated bullets and tear gas canisters.