UN envoy to Sudan no longer welcome in country, authorities say

Smoke rises over Khartoum as fighting continues (AP)

The United Nations envoy to Sudan, a key mediator in the country’s brutal conflict, is no longer welcome in the country, Sudanese authorities have said.

A terse statement issued by Sudan’s Foreign Ministry comes just weeks after the head of the country’s military, General Abdel Fattah Burhan, demanded in a letter to envoy Volker Perthes that he should be removed from his post.