Representatives of member states of the UN Security Council voted unanimously to extend the mandate of the UN Integrated Transitional Assistance Mission for the Sudan (UNITAMS) until June 3, 2023 amid protests in the country against the head of the mission, Volker Perthes. which He is working to resolve the political crisis caused by the military coup last year.

On Wednesday, hundreds of Sudanese, including supporters of the Islamist movement, demonstrated in front of the headquarters of the UN mission in Khartoum, demanding the expulsion of the head of the mission. The demonstration was organized the day after Islamist leader Mohammed Ali al-Jazuli accused Perthes of interfering in Sudan’s internal affairs during a seminar on “The negative impact of the UN mission on launching the Sudanese dialogue.”

Significantly, Sudan has plunged into a severe political crisis following a coup by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on October 25 against his civilian counterparts in power. Since the military coup, thousands of Sudanese have demonstrated in the capital and other cities demanding the restoration of civilian rule and accountability for the killers of the demonstrators, of whom 98 were killed and dozens wounded, according to the Sudanese Central Committee of Doctors. .