Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok reportedly intends to step down in the coming hours, Reuters reports, citing sources close to the matter. This comes days after mass protests took place on the anniversary of Sudan’s 2019 uprising, with demonstrators demanding return to civilian rule and protesting the military coup that military chief Abdel Fattah Al Burhan led in October, which saw Hamdok ousted and placed under house arrest for a month. Hamdok had previously said he would only remain in office if he had political support and if the transitional agreement — which called on the military to release political detainees, protect freedom of expression and allow Hamdok to independently appoint a new cabinet — was enforced.

London court orders Dubai ruler to pay mns in divorce settlement + child maintenance to ex-wife: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum was ordered to pay Princess Haya and his two children GBP 554 mn in child maintenance and security costs, reported the Financial Times. The sum is possibly the largest divorce settlement to be awarded by a British court in a high-profile case that has given outsiders a view of the world of the Gulf elite.