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World Service,2 mins

Will women find roles in Sudan's new government?

Newsday

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'It was women who led the revolution' Sudan’s new Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok, is expected to unveil his cabinet soon. According to the Constitutional Declaration, signed by both military and opposition groups in Sudan, 40% of ministerial and government posts should be held by women Newsday spoke to the African Union Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security, Bineta Diop. She is in Khartoum to meet women politicians and urge the government to reach the 40% target for women... (Picture: Sudanese women in a march through the streets of Khartoum. Credit: ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP/Getty Images)

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