US ceasefire plan for Sudan could lead to Libya-style partition, adviser says

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A senior adviser to Sudan's army-led authorities warned that the current U.S. ceasefire proposal could push Sudan toward partition resembling Libya's. The criticism comes amid pressure on army leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to accept the plan.

By Khalid Abdelaziz Sept 30 (Reuters) - A US ceasefire proposal to pause Sudan's civil war could push the country towards a Libya-style partition in its current form, a top adviser to Sudan's army-led authorities told Reuters, in some of the strongest criticism by a Sudanese official of the plan so far. The remarks come a week after Reuters reported that army leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's visa to attend the UN General Assembly in New York had been withheld because he had not yet accepted the proposal.