Sudan declares head of UN mission ‘persona non grata’
In letter to UN chief last month, Sudan’s army chief accused head of UN mission Volker Perthes of inflaming conflict in country
KHARTOUM, Sudan
Sudan has declared the head of the UN mission in the country “persona non grata,” the country’s Foreign Ministry said.
In a statement, the ministry said that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has been notified about the decision to declare Volker Perthes, the head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission, Sudan (UNITAMS), “persona non grata.”
In a letter to Guterres late last month, Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan accused Perthes of inflaming the conflict and called for his removal.
The UN chief, however, affirmed his “full confidence” in Perthes.
In June 2020, the UN Security Council issued a resolution establishing UNITAMS, in response to the request from the Khartoum government at the time.
The conflict-hit African nation has been engulfed by violence for weeks between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
*Writing by Ikram Kouachi
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