Sudanese PM’s release is only small step in resolving crisis

Deal satisfies some international demands but route to democratic transition after fall of Omar al-Bashir in 2019 remains unclear

The deal to secure the release of the detained Sudanese prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, signed by Hamdok and Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who seized power in a military coup on 25 October, leaves Sudan in a continuing crisis.

While the agreement satisfies some of the immediate demands of the international community and mediators from the US and UN - not least securing the release of Hamdok and other political detainees - it leaves many of the country's most serious issues in its political transition unresolved.