Sudanese army declares UN envoy unwanted

Afp, Khartoum
The Sudanese military declared UN special envoy Jan Pronk persona non grata yesterday, accusing him of "waging war against the armed forces," in the latest escalation in a war of words between Khartoum and the international community.

The general command accused Pronk, UN secretary general Kofi Annan's special representative (SRSG) in Sudan, of "openly intruding in the armed forces' affair".