Sudan has ordered two senior United Nations officials to leave, according to UN spokesperson.
The two officials, identified as the UN resident coordinator at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Ali AL-Za’turi and the UNDP’s country director, Yvonne Helle, were ordered to leave, in what appears to be an escalation of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir’s moves against UN activities in the country, reports Reuters.
Confirming that the two officials had been ordered to leave Sudan, the UN spokesperson, Stehanie Dujarric, said,
“The UN has filed a protest with the government of Sudan following their decision to request the departure of two senior UN officials from the country.”
Bashir called for peace keepers from the joint UN African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) to leave earlier this month, calling them a “security burden.”
The two officials, identified as the UN resident coordinator at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Ali AL-Za’turi and the UNDP’s country director, Yvonne Helle, were ordered to leave, in what appears to be an escalation of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir’s moves against UN activities in the country, reports Reuters.
Confirming that the two officials had been ordered to leave Sudan, the UN spokesperson, Stehanie Dujarric, said,
“The UN has filed a protest with the government of Sudan following their decision to request the departure of two senior UN officials from the country.”
Bashir called for peace keepers from the joint UN African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) to leave earlier this month, calling them a “security burden.”