FILE PHOTO: Former UN official Kamil Idris is sworn in, as Sudan's new prime minister in front of Sudan army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (not pictured) in Port Sudan, Sudan, May 31, 2025. Sudan Transitional Sovereignty Council/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Sudan’s new PM dissolves caretaker government amid ongoing war

Sudan's new Prime Minister Kamil Idris has dissolved the country's caretaker government, state news agency SUNA reported late on Sunday.

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03 Jun 2025, 5:00 am

CAIRO (Reuters) - Sudan's new Prime Minister Kamil Idris has dissolved the country's caretaker government, state news agency SUNA reported late on Sunday.

SUNA did not specify when a new government, the first since war broke out between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, would be announced.

Idris was appointed by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudan's head of state. The RSF has said since earlier this year that it would form its own parallel government with allied parties.

Idris took the oath of office on Saturday as the country's first prime minister since a military-led coup in 2021.

In a speech on Sunday, he vowed to remain at equal distance from all political parties and to prioritize stability, security, and reconstruction in Sudan.

(Reporting by Nafisa Eltahir and Enas AlashrayEditing by Rod Nickel)