Sudan’s Burhan Says Military Will Exit Politics After 2023 Elections

Sudan’s Burhan Says Military Will Exit Politics After 2023 Elections
Sudan's General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan attends a news conference in Paris on May 17, 2021. Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters
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KHARTOUM—Sudan’s military will exit politics after elections scheduled for 2023, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan told Reuters in an interview on Saturday, adding that the deposed former ruling party would have no role in the transition.

Following a military takeover led by Burhan in late October that upended Sudan’s transition to civilian-led democracy, a deal was struck on Nov. 21 reinstating Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok to lead a technocratic Cabinet until elections in July 2023.