East Africa: Sudan’s Burhan Rejects US Truce Conditions

Sudan’s leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has rejected international pressure and a US entry visa over the weekend, defying Washington’s push to tie his travel to an unconditional three-month truce.

The comments were Burhan’s first public response to Washington withholding his visa to attend the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York.

US officials had linked the visa to an agreement on a ceasefire proposal presented by Massad Boulos, senior adviser on Arab affairs to the US president.

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