Sudan’s army chief travels to Qatar for talks with emir as fighting rages in his country

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s state media say the country’s army chief has traveled to Qatar for talk’s with the emir. The visit is Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan’s third international trip since fighting broke out between the Sudanese military and a rival paramilitary force in mid-April. The state-run SUNA news agency reported on Thursday that he would hold talks with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha. The meeting comes amid a flurry of similar diplomatic meetings convened in Egypt and South Sudan. Also on Thursday, Sudan’s paramilitary forces condemned the U.S. sanctions levelled against one of their senior commanders.