UN chief sending envoy over 'unprecedented' Sudan situation

By Agence France-Presse

May 01, 2023 3:52 pm

WASHINGTON, D.C.: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is sending an envoy to the Sudan region amid the 'unprecedented' situation there, as deadly hostilities enter a third week, his spokesman said Sunday.

The announcement came as the army and heavily armed paramilitaries in Khartoum continued fighting, even as a widely breached ceasefire was extended for 72 hours.

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