Abdalla Hamdok becomes Sudan's transitional prime minister
On 21 August 2019 economist Abdalla Hamdok was sworn in as prime minister of Sudan's civilian-military transitional government in Khartoum, pledging to prioritise peace and tackle the economic crisis.
Read the full account
On 21 August 2019 economist Abdalla Hamdok was sworn in as prime minister of Sudan's civilian-military transitional government in Khartoum, pledging to prioritise peace and tackle the economic crisis. His swearing-in followed the inauguration of the new Sovereign Council headed by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Abdalla Hamdok
PersonDirect responsibility
verified
Abdalla Hamdok becomes Sudan's transitional prime minister. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
No public driver impacts are listed for this fact.
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.bbc.com — sourcebbc.com · verified
- 2.foxnews.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: hamdok+prime minister · verified
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
No causal path is recorded: this fact is not linked to a driver.
Cite this page
Factrail. (2026). Abdalla Hamdok becomes Sudan's transitional prime minister. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/hamdok-becomes-sudan-pm-2019-08-21
https://factrail.ai/facts/hamdok-becomes-sudan-pm-2019-08-21
Accessed 15 October 2026.
By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed
Dispute this factNamed here, or represent someone who is? Request a right of reply.