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| UN envoy is told to leave Sudan | UN envoy is told to leave Sudan |
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| The Sudanese government has given the UN envoy in Khartoum, Jan Pronk, three days to leave the country, according to media reports from Sudan. | The Sudanese government has given the UN envoy in Khartoum, Jan Pronk, three days to leave the country, according to media reports from Sudan. |
| It follows a statement from the head of the Sudanese army accusing Mr Pronk of spreading false information in an article on his personal website. | It follows a statement from the head of the Sudanese army accusing Mr Pronk of spreading false information in an article on his personal website. |
| The official news agency Suna reported the deadline. | The official news agency Suna reported the deadline. |
| The Sudanese army had called for Mr Pronk to be thrown out, saying he was "waging war against the armed forces". | The Sudanese army had called for Mr Pronk to be thrown out, saying he was "waging war against the armed forces". |
| Resisting pressure | Resisting pressure |
| The Sudanese foreign ministry has given Mr Pronk 72 hours to leave the country," Suna said the AFP news agency reported. | The Sudanese foreign ministry has given Mr Pronk 72 hours to leave the country," Suna said the AFP news agency reported. |
| "He has until mid-noon on Wednesday to leave," Foreign Ministry spokesman Ali al-Sadig was quoted by the Reuters news agency. | |
| It said comments posted on his personal blog on a UN website that the army was suffering heavy losses in the Darfur region "negatively affects the work of the armed forces". | It said comments posted on his personal blog on a UN website that the army was suffering heavy losses in the Darfur region "negatively affects the work of the armed forces". |
| Sudan is resisting strong international pressure to allow UN peacekeepers to try and end the conflict in Darfur. | Sudan is resisting strong international pressure to allow UN peacekeepers to try and end the conflict in Darfur. |
| See which parts of Darfur are too dangerous for aid workersEnlarge Map | |
| Former armed forces spokesman General Mohammed Beshir Suleiman told Suna that Mr Pronk's comments were part of the West's continuing efforts to get Sudan to accept UN troops into Darfur. | Former armed forces spokesman General Mohammed Beshir Suleiman told Suna that Mr Pronk's comments were part of the West's continuing efforts to get Sudan to accept UN troops into Darfur. |
| More than 200,000 people are thought to have died and two million displaced as a result of the three-year conflict in the Darfur region. | More than 200,000 people are thought to have died and two million displaced as a result of the three-year conflict in the Darfur region. |
| The UN Security Council has passed a resolution calling for 20,000 troops to be sent to Darfur to replace the 7,000 poorly-equipped African Union troops who have failed to end the conflict. | The UN Security Council has passed a resolution calling for 20,000 troops to be sent to Darfur to replace the 7,000 poorly-equipped African Union troops who have failed to end the conflict. |
| He wrote that there had been hundreds of casualties and prisoners taken, leading to a fall in morale and the sacking of generals. | |
| He also said that pro-government Arab militias were again being mobilised in contravention of UN resolutions. | |
| The Janjaweed militias are accused of widespread atrocities, even genocide. |