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General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
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Acting Prime Minister Osman Hussein
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War and conflict

Sudan’s army-backed PM dissolves caretaker government

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‘We’re suffering’: UN to reduce food help to Sudan over huge cash shortfall

Seven million people are at risk, with the agency saying it has a shortfall of US$698 million out of the nearly US$800 million it needed to cover May to September.

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Sudan army chief declares capital ‘free’ from inside presidential palace

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