Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has resigned following a series of deadly protests War Stories

Hamdok resigned less than two months after signing a political agreement with the military following a coup d’état on October 25.

Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has resigned from a political standpoint following a coup that has hampered the country’s democratic process.

In a televised statement on Sunday, Hamdok, who signed a political agreement with the military in November, said a round of talks was needed to secure a new deal.

Hamdok, a former United Nations official whom he considered to be an ordinary person in the Sudanese revolutionary regime, was reinstated in November amid a global crisis that called for an independent military-led minister under his leadership.

The agreement, however, was rejected by the pro-democracy group, which insists on devolving power to a local government that is responsible for leading the change.

Hamdok’s resignation comes after Sudanese security forces violently dispersed protesters on October 25. killing at least two people, the medical team said.

Thousands of people took to the streets in Khartoum and other cities across the country to protest the military coup, and a subsequent coup that ousted the prime minister but set aside a pro-democracy movement.

The Central Committee of Doctors in Sudan (CCSD), which is part of a pro-democracy group, on Sunday said one of the dead was “violently” arrested on his head while participating in a protest rally in Khartoum.

A second person was shot in the chest in the twin city of Khartoum in Omdurman, the group said, adding that several protesters were injured.

Sunday’s deaths caused the protesters to die from the time they staged the protest to 56, according to a medical team.

The military coup in October sparked a radical change in the democratic process in the wake of the unrest that forced the military to overthrow former leader Omar al-Bashir and his government in April 2019.