### [2026-09-22](/feed/2026/09/22/index.md)

##### Eighty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly
# Diplomatic sources and the United Nations say that the United States refused to issue Sudanese military chief and "de facto" leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan a visa to attend the UN General Assembly in New York City. Sudan asks the UN to intervene. 




### Sources:

1. [AFP](https://www.afp.com/en/us-refuses-give-sudans-de-facto-leader-visa-un)

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