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UN envoy to Sudan Volker Perthes resigns
United Nations Sudan envoy Volker Perthes on Wednesday announced his resignation, amid tensions with Khartoum as the country approaches five months of fighting between the nation’s army and a paramilitary group.
“I am grateful to the Secretary-General for that opportunity and for his confidence in me, but I have asked him to relieve me of this duty,” Perthes told the Security Council, warning that the conflict “could be morphing into a full-scale civil war.”
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