The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres rejected a request from Sudan’s military leader to replace his Special Representative to Sudan.
Sudanese soldiers secure the area as Sudan's ex-president Omar al-Bashir leaves the office of the anti-corruption prosecutor.
Guterres expresses full confidence in Volker Perthes after briefing the Security Council behind closed doors, days after receiving a letter from General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who is currently engaged in a power struggle against a rival military faction in the war-ravaged country. With permanent ceasefire negotiations falling apart in Saudi Arabia after a month and a half of fighting, a new diplomatic battle is looming over the future of the UN’s top official in Sudan.
Russian Ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzia says, “I hope so. Do you think it’s time to change the mandate? I mean, perhaps we have first to stabilise and then think about how we can change the mandate or whatever and how the UN presence in the country can be effective. But we’re not there.”
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