Outcry in Sudan as US reportedly holds al-Burhan’s UN visa over truce plan

Sudanese activists and journalists have criticised the United States over reports that Washington has withheld a visa from army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan before the United Nations General Assembly in an apparent bid to pressure him into accepting a ceasefire proposal.Activists took to social media on Wednesday to slam the reported move as “political pressure”, arguing that access to the UN should not be used to influence Khartoum’s position on Sudan’s three-year civil war.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Is Sudan’s battlefield shaping the terms of its next political phase?list 2 of 4Water crisis makes life in Sudan’s El Obeid refugee camps even worselist 3 of 4More than 200,000 newly displaced in Sudan’s Kordofan regionlist 4 of 4Dozens killed in rebel attacks on Sudan’s Kordofan, medical group saysend of listNeither the Sudanese government nor the US Department of State has commented on the reports.General al-Burhan, whose army has been fighting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since April 2023, was scheduled to address the General Assembly on Thursday in New York. The army chief has spoken at the assembly twice since the war began.The conflict has kille...