Sudan has demanded that the United Nations peacekeeping force leave the Horn of Africa nation immediately.
The Sudanese military government urged in a letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres that UNITAMS, the Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan, be terminated immediately.
DPA received the letter on Friday.
The mission has more than 400 mainly civilian employees
The government said that while it called for the withdrawal, it was committed to constructive engagement with the UN.
An armed conflict broke out in the country in mid-April.
The conflict involved fighting between the army, led by de facto president Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary under Mohammed Hamdan Daglo.
Assistant Secretary-General for Africa Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee told a Security Council meeting on Thursday said there was no sign of de-escalation in the conflict.
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“Sudan is facing a convergence of a worsening humanitarian calamity and a catastrophic human rights crisis, with more than 2,000 civilians killed since fighting erupted in April.
“It is high time that the warring sides recognise the futility of continued fighting and prioritise dialogue and de-escalation,’’ she said.
The UN mission in the country has existed since 2020.
In September UN Special Envoy for Sudan Volker Perthes announced his resignation.
The German envoy was essentially banned from Sudan in June after Sudan’s Foreign Ministry declared him persona non grata.
dpa/NAN
