Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, President of the Transitional Sovereign Council of Sudan, speaks during a news conference at the Sudan Mission to the United Nations Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, President of the Transitional Sovereign Council of Sudan, speaks during a news conference at the Sudan Mission to the United Nations Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Gen. Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan, President of the Transitional Sovereign Council of Sudan, addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, President of the Transitional Sovereign Council of Sudan, speaks during a news conference at the Sudan Mission to the United Nations Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

This grab from video shows smoke rising over Khartoum, Sudan on Thursday Sept. 26, 2024, after Sudan’s military started an operation to take areas of the capital from its rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. (AP Photo/Rashed Ahmed)