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Army-backed Sudan government recalls Kenya envoy in protest

Sudan's army chief General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan. [AFP]

Sudan's army-backed government recalled its ambassador from Kenya on Thursday in protest at Nairobi's hosting of its paramilitary foes' preparations to establish a rival administration.

The foreign ministry summoned its envoy "for consultations in protest against Kenya hosting the meetings of the rebel militia and its allies in another hostile move against Sudan," state news agency SUNA reported.

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