CAIRO: Sudan’s top general threatened to expel the UN envoy to the country, accusing him of flagrant interference in the country’s affairs.

Friday’s comments by Gen Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Council, came less than a week after UN envoy Volker Perthes warned that Sudan was heading for an economic and security collapse unless it addresses the political paralysis.

Sudan plunged into turmoil following an October military coup led by Burhan removed a Western-backed transitional government. The Oct 25 military takeover upended Sudan’s democratic transition after a popular uprising forced the military to remove autocratic President Omar al-Bashir in April 2019.

To the UN envoy, Volker, if you exceeded the mandate, we would kick you out of Sudan, he told the cheering graduates.

Published in Dawn, April 3rd, 2022