# EXCLUSIVE: US withholding Sudanese leader’s visa over ceasefire plan, sources say

https://mins.news/en/item/69076

- Reuters, 2026-09-22 14:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-withholding-sudanese-leaders-visa-over-ceasefire-plan-sources-say-2026-09-22/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ab290fbf43c0f0001de8ee6

> The United States is withholding an entry visa for Sudanese army leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, according to a letter from Sudan’s UN ambassador urging the global body to intervene. The move comes days before al-Burhan was scheduled to appear at the UN General Assembly.

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