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Igad mediation: Sudan rejects William Ruto's lead role
Kenya President William Ruto when he met Sudan army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan special envoy Malik Agar Nganyoufa (left) on May 29, 2023, and, right, the paramilitary RSF Mohamed Hamdani Daglo ‘HemedtI's political advisor Youssef Ezzat on June 3, 2023. PHOTOS | PPU | RSF TWITTER
What you need to know:
- Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it expressed disagreement to a number of paragraphs mentioned in the draft final statement of the summit.
- Burhan considers himself the definitive head of Sudan and has labelled Hemedti as a rebel.
- UN mission in Sudan said it was deeply shocked by the killing of Governor of West Darfur in El Geneina.
Khartoum,
Warring Sudan has rejected the appointment of Kenyan President William Ruto as head of a quartet to facilitate peace under the regional bloc, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad)