US Denies Al-Burhan Visa to UN General Assembly
The US denies Al-Burhan visa UN General Assembly decision has sparked a diplomatic crisis and drawn sharp attention to Washington’s shifting strategy on Sudan. On September 22, 2026, two diplomatic sources confirmed that the United States had withheld a visa from General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan , preventing him from traveling to New York to address the UN General Assembly . The visa was reportedly conditioned on Al-Burhan accepting a 90-day humanitarian ceasefire proposal presented by Massad Boulos, the US senior adviser for Arab and African affairs . Why Did the US Deny Al-Burhan a Visa to Attend UNGA? According to diplomatic sources cited by AL Monitor linked the visa issuance to Al-Burhan’s acceptance of the three-month truce proposal . Al-Burhan’s government rejected the proposal, arguing that a temporary halt in fighting would allow the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to regroup and launch new attacks . Al-Burhan reinforced this position in an op-ed for Foreign Policy magazine, ...