Tensions escalate between Sudanese military, UN mission
Sudan's army leaders are seeking to form a new transitional government, bypassing the efforts of the United Nations mission.
Relations between the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission Sudan UNITAMS and the leaders of the military government in Sudan are witnessing unprecedented tensions.
The tensions may affect the efforts of the UN mission to help overcome the dire political crisis in Sudan since the army-led coup in October 2021, which blew up hopes of democratic transformation.
Sudan is struggling toward civilian democratic rule, following decades of rule by former dictator Omar al-Bashir, who was ousted in the aftermath of a popular uprising in April 2019.
But Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the army chief and the de facto ruler of Sudan, publicly threatened to expel the UN special representative in Sudan, Volker Perthes, accusing him of interfering in the country's affairs and violating the powers of his mandate.
