SUDAN NEWS ALERT: AP - Sudan says military council suspends decree on UN sites

15/6/19: AP – Sudan says military council suspends decree on UN sites, by Edith M. Lederer

 AP reports that Sudan’s transitional military council has suspended implementation of a decree demanding that the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur hand over its premises, as part of its withdrawal next year.

 Sudanese diplomat Omer Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed told the UN Security Council that the transitional military council also decided Thursday to withdraw all armed forces and other security forces from sites the government has already received from the peacekeeping force known as UNAMID.

 The UN has opposed the transitional military council’s decree, saying under an agreement with the Sudanese government its facilities when handed over are to be used solely for civilian purposes.