Biden asks Congress to extend the emergency related to Sudan
Today, Friday, US President Joe Biden sent a letter to Congress requesting an extension of the state of emergency related to Sudan, a step first announced in 1997.
In his message, Biden said that Sudan has made great strides in its transition to democracy since 2019, but "the military's takeover of the government and the arrest of civilian leaders now threatens those positive gains."
The US President noted that the situation in Darfur poses an extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.
Biden concluded his message that, based on what was mentioned, the state of emergency will remain in effect until after the third of next November this year.
On Monday, the Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Army, Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, announced the dissolution of the Sovereignty Council and the Council of Ministers and the imposition of a state of emergency in Sudan.
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