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• Hamdok had served as prime minister for more than two years under a power-sharing arrangement between civilians and the army, until the military toppled him in October, accusing politicians of hostility to the army.
  
  
• Under an agreement to partly reverse that coup, he returned to lead a government of technocrats, intended to serve until elections in 2023.
  
  
• But his deal with the military was opposed by key political parties and by the protest movement that had brought down Bashir.
  
  
• Hamdok had said he would only stay in his post only if he could mobilise political support. But on Jan 2 in a televised address he said he had been unable to unite polarised factions sufficiently to be able to move forward with the transition.