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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, until midday Wednesday to leave the country.
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 expulsion was ordered after Mr Pronk wrote on his personal website that Sudan's army had suffered defeats in Darfur and that army morale was low.
The official news agency Suna reported the deadline. The army said Mr Pronk's remarks amounted to psychological warfare.
The Sudanese army had called for Mr Pronk to be thrown out, saying he was "waging war against the armed forces". A junior minister at Sudan's foreign ministry said Mr Pronk had repeatedly violated UN-Sudan agreements by talking about "sensitive issues".
Sudan's foreign ministry said Mr Pronk had been informed on midday Sunday that he had 72 hours to leave the country.
'Low morale'
Sudan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ali Karti, told the BBC that Mr Pronk had violated agreements by "talking about very sensitive issues relating to the comprehensive peace agreement" between north and south Sudan.
On other occasions Mr Pronk had interfered in "matters which don't concern him", Mr Karti said, and had visited areas which, "according to the agreement with the UN, are not part of his mission".
The morale in the government army in North Darfur has gone down. Some generals have been sacked; soldiers have refused to fight Jan PronkUN envoy to Sudan
Last week the Sudanese army called for Mr Pronk to be thrown out, saying he was "waging war against the armed forces".
On his personal website, Mr Pronk wrote on 14 October that "morale in the government army in North Darfur has gone down. Some generals have been sacked; soldiers have refused to fight".
He said the Sudanese army had lost two major battles recently to rebel groups in Darfur and that Arab militias were being mobilised in violation of UN resolutions.
Resisting pressureResisting pressure
The Sudanese foreign ministry has given Mr Pronk 72 hours to leave the country," Suna said the AFP news agency reported. The Janjaweed militias are accused of widespread atrocities, even genocide.
"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".
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.
Mr Pronk is the UN's most senior figure in the country.Mr Pronk is the UN's most senior figure in the country.
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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 Sudan's official news agency, 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.