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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.

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UN special representative Volker Perthes addresses the media in Khartoum on January 10, 2022 to announce that the United Nations will launch talks to help Sudan resolve its escalating political crisis triggered by last year's military coup. — ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP via Getty Images

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.

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