Sudan’s military leader Burhan threatens to expel UN representative
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s navy chief Basic Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has threatened to expel the United Nations’ particular consultant, accusing him of overstepping his mandate.
“We heard his slander the opposite day, mendacity, blatantly mendacity,” Burhan mentioned in a speech at a navy commencement on Friday.
“If you happen to overstep your mandate, we’ll put you out of Sudan.”
The feedback come days after U.N. consultant Volker Perthes gave an replace to the Safety Council on efforts in Sudan, the place he commented on the nation’s financial turmoil, violence in opposition to protesters and priorities for a transition to elections.
Perthes’ mission has concerned holding a sequence of consultations, together with the African Union, aiming at coming to a political resolution following a navy takeover in October which ended a power-sharing association with civilian events.
“We are saying to him you’ve gotten a particular mandate, and we mentioned we’re open so that you can sit in talks, however so that you can lie and to attempt to handle the Sudanese individuals, we’ll kick you out,” mentioned Burhan, who led the coup.
(Reporting by Khalid Abdelaziz; Writing by Nafisa Eltahir; Modifying by Mike Harrison)
