Sudan army chief lambasts African Union as war deaths top 7,000

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 11, 2023 12:17 am

Wad Madani, Sudan: Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said Saturday 'we don't need' the African Union to resolve the country's nearly five-month conflict, as new figures put the death toll at over 7,000.

Diplomatic tensions have flared since the head of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, met last week with a political adviser to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), prompting rebuke from Burhan's government.

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