Sudan’s leader Burhan says new PM appointment boosts stability

‏ June 30, 2025 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s military leader, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, on Monday described the recent appointment of a prime minister as a key step towards restoring state institutions and ensuring a transition to civilian rule.

Burhan recently appointed Kamil Idris as Prime Minister to form an independent government. The move has been complicated, however, by demands from some political groups to retain ministerial posts they have held since 2020, according to political sources.

In a speech at a United Nations development conference in Seville, Spain, Burhan said Sudan “has taken important steps on its path towards stability by appointing a civilian prime minister.”

He told the conference, attended by U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres and Spain’s King Felipe VI, that the move “reflects the country’s will to complete its state institutions and strengthen the democratic civilian transition.”

Burhan said his country was going through exceptional circumstances following a “devastating war” which he blamed on a rebellion by an “outlaw militia.” He said the conflict had led to widespread destruction of infrastructure and an acute humanitarian crisis.

The war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) began in April 2023. Fighting, which started in the capital Khartoum, is now concentrated in the Kordofan and Darfur regions.

The conflict has created one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with the U.N. estimating that 30.4 million people, or 64% of the population, need aid this year. Funding shortages and a lack of safe access have hampered relief efforts.

“We are not asking for sympathy or temporary aid, but rather demanding sustainable support based on true equity and a just international system,” Burhan said.

He also called for reforms to global financial institutions to make them more responsive to crises and to give developing nations fairer representation in decision-making.

“Development only flourishes in peace and stability,” he said, adding that Sudan sought a new international partnership based on mutual respect and national sovereignty.

On the sidelines of the conference, Burhan held bilateral meetings with Iraq’s president and the European Union’s Horn of Africa envoy, according to state media.