Sudan government declares UN envoy Volker Perthes 'persona non grata'

UN: Sudan Cannot Apply Persona Non Grata to UN Envoy

united nations - The United Nations said Friday that U.N. personnel cannot be made persona non grata after Sudan declared U.N. special envoy to Sudan Vo

UN says Sudan cannot apply persona non grata to UN envoy

The United Nations said on Friday that U.N. personnel cannot be made persona non grata after Sudan declared U.N. special envoy to Sudan Volker Perthes unwelcome in the country.

Sudan’s government declares UN envoy, a mediator in the conflict, no longer welcome

Sudanese authorities loyal to the regular army have declared UN envoy Volker Perthes "persona non grata", accusing him of taking sides in nearly two months of devastating fighting with rival paramilitaries. Fighting has raged in the north African country since mid-April, when army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, turned on each other.

Sudan's government declares UN envoy, a mediator in the conflict, no longer welcome

The United Nations envoy to Sudan, a key mediator in the country's brutal conflict, is no longer welcome in the African country, Sudanese authorities say.

Sudan declares UN envoy Volker Perthes 'persona non grata'

Sudan has declared UN envoy Volker Perthes "persona non grata" following accusations of exacerbating the country's civil conflict.

'Persona non grata': Sudan authorities shun UN envoy

Amid a harrowing two-month conflict with rival paramilitaries, Sudanese authorities loyal to the regular army have taken an extraordinary step by declaring...