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Radio France Internationale
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Melissa Chemam with RFI

Sudanese army chief warns UN about risk of regional conflict

Sudanese move past trucks in Shendi, 190 kilometres from Khartoum, on September 21, 2023. The fighting in Sudan has killed at least 7,500 people, according to the NGO Acled, while the United Nations says more than five million people have fled their homes. © AFP

Sudan's army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan told the United Nations General Assembly that months of war could spill over to the entire region. He urged international pressure on the paramilitary unit his side is fighting.

Burhan has been President of the Transitional Sovereign Council and thus de facto ruler of Sudan since a 2021 coup.

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