Sudan PM unharmed in assassination attempt

Sudan's post-uprising Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok escaped unharmed yesterday as an assassination attempt using explosives targeted his convoy in the capital Khartoum, his top aide said. "An explosion hit as Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok's car was driving by but thank God no one was hurt," said Ali Bakhit, his office director, in a Facebook post. The convoy was targeted on the way to his office in the Kober district of northeast Khartoum. Sudan's official news agency SUNA said Hamdok was in "good health and a safe place" after the attack, without giving further details. Details of the attack were still unclear but it was staged at "around 9 am at the entrance to Kober bridge... at the time when Hamdok usually heads to his office", SANA said.