Minnawi and Ibrahim went to the UN envoy in Khartoum Volker Perthes to complain about their predicament (AC Vol 60 No 19 Junta's double-talk on transition)...

He added a sidewipe at UN envoy Volker Perthes accusing him of bias...

It was the most violent action by the military since the tripartite mediation run by the UN's Volker Perthes the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the African Union's Mohamed el Hacen Lebatt took shape in April (AC Vol 63 No 6 The junta runs out of bread and road)...

Shuttle diplomacy on a broken loom On 10 May the African Union representative Mahamed el Hacen Ould Lebatt and the special UN envoy Volker Perthes were supposed to launch a new initiative to end the long and violent crisis that erupted with the latest coup in Sudan on 25 October last year (AC Vol 63 No 6 The junta runs out of bread and road)...

Burhan meanwhile will keep an eye on mediation efforts led by the UN Special Representative for Sudan Volker Perthes...

Hemeti set off to Moscow just as the UN special envoy to Sudan Volker Perthes publishes the results of his consultation on relaunching the transition to civil rule...

That's another reason for Burhan to court the Friends of Sudan and of the man leading international efforts to resolve Sudan's crisis: UN Special Representative for Sudan Volker Perthes...

Some outside the negotiations think that UN Representative Volker Perthes who had early been sidelined in earlier talks may have thought he could regain influence by endorsing the deal and pushing others to do the same...