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Ex-World Bank Official Tapped to Fix Sudan’s Ravaged Economy

  • Elbedawi brings decades of experience with global institution
  • Power-sharing government inherits nation in economic disarray
Abdalla Hamdok speaks during a press conference in Khartoum on Sept. 5.

Abdalla Hamdok speaks during a press conference in Khartoum on Sept. 5.

Photographer: Ebrahim Hamid/AFP/Getty Images

A former World Bank economist was named Sudan’s finance minister, as a transitional government begins its task of rebuilding the country after decades of mismanagement under ousted President Omar al-Bashir.

Ibrahim Elbadawi, who’s worked at the Washington-based lender for at least two decades, was among ministers named Thursday by Sudan’s new premier, Abdalla Hamdok.