Sudanese Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok has survived an assassination attempt, Sudan’s state media reports.

“An explosion hit as Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s car was driving by but thank God no one was hurt,” Ali Bakhit, the prime minister’s office director, said on Monday.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Monday’s blast.

The Sudanese Congress Party described the attack in Khartoum’s Bahri district as “an attempt to assassinate the revolution.”

Sudan still faces imminent dangers  as it attempts a shift to democracy after President Omar al-Bashir’s downfall last April after months of protests. Questions remain over the army’s commitment to surrendering power as well as the threat posed by disgruntled remnants of Al-Bashir’s three-decade rule.

A prominent economist, Hamdok was appointed prime minister in August last year after pro-democracy protests forced the military to remove former ruler Omar al-Bashir. The transitional administration, made up of civilian and military officials, is supposed to lead Sudan into democratic elections slated for 2022.

In recent weeks, the new government has made a series of proposals — including putting Al-Bashir in front of the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes and Sudan’s first-ever official ties with Israel — in a bid to restore its global standing. Authorities say the removal of Sudan’s terrorism designation is key to rebuilding the economy which has been shattered by decades of mismanagement.