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The UN’s new special envoy to Sudan arrived in Khartoum on Tuesday to begin a role that will include helping the country’s transition to democracy.
Volker Perthes will
, which will advise authorities on the country’s transition to democracy after
dictator Omar Al Bashir was overthrown in 2019.
The mission will also rally and co-ordinate international support for Sudan’s
efforts to reform its battered economy and
boost efforts to bring peace to a country that is home to more than
40 million people.
The mission was formed in June last year and has a year-long mandate from the UN Security Council.