Exclusive-US ties Sudanese army leader's UN visa to ceasefire plan, sources say

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The United States is withholding a visa for Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ahead of his UN visit, linked to a US-backed ceasefire plan Sudan resists. This move may exacerbate tensions amid Sudan's ongoing civil war, described by the UN as the world's largest humanitarian crisis.

By Daphne Psaledakis, Nafisa Eltahir, Antoni Slodkowski and Khalid Abdelaziz Sept 22 (Reuters) - The United States is withholding a visa for Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ahead of his scheduled UN appearance in a move that Sudanese and other sources say is linked to a US-backed ceasefire proposal that Khartoum has resisted. The dispute threatens to deepen tensions between Washington and Sudan's army at a critical moment in the civil war, which the United Nations calls the world's largest humanitarian crisis.