Sudan declares UN special representative persona non grata

Sudan said on Thursday it has notified the United Nations that it has declared Volker Peretz, the representative of the UN secretary-general and head of the UNITAMS mission, persona non grata.

Army general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan had previously expressed his disapproval of the envoy, and prior to the war supporters of former President Omar al-Bashir had protested in front of Perthes’ mission. (Reporting By Ahmed Tolba and Nafisa Eltahir; Editing by Leslie Adler and Stephen Coates)