Sudan Expels UN Envoy, Complicating Efforts to End Conflict
- Saudi Arabia, US announce new 24-hour cease-fire agreement
- Violence that erupted in April has left 1,000 people dead
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Sudan expelled the top United Nations envoy, raising fears the North African country is isolating itself from the international community amid efforts to broker an end to more than a month of deadly conflict.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is controlled by the Sudanese army, declared Volker Perthes “persona non grata” on Friday, according to two UN officials who asked not to be identified because they’re not authorized to speak to the media.