The African Union views the premiership as a vital step toward restoring democracy and peace after military rule.

As the civil war in Sudan enters its third year, the Sudanese Army have named former diplomat Kamil Idris as the next PM.

Sudan’s army chief Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan has appointed Kamil Idris, a former UN official and prominent diplomat, as the new Prime Minister of the country’s military-dominated government. Mr Idris will be the first prime minister in Sudan since the resignation of Abdalla Hamdok in the wake of a military coup in October 2021,