Sudan Calls for Immediate Withdrawal of UN Peacekeepers

Sudan has called for the immediate withdrawal of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Horn of Africa country.

In a letter sent to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the Sudanese military government demanded the UN’s mission, known as Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), be discontinued immediately.

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.