Sudan expels UN envoy over Darfur row
Khartoum gave the top UN representative in Sudan three days to leave the country Sunday, marking a new low in relations soured by the row over the world body's proposed role in war-torn Darfur.
Outspoken UN envoy Jan Pronk has prompted the ire of Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir's regime by criticising its handling of the crisis in Darfur and pushing for the deployment of UN peacekeepers there.
"The Sudanese foreign ministry has given Mr. Pronk 72 hours to leave the country," the state news agency SUNA reported, quoting the foreign ministry.
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