On the same day the US Treasury Department sanctioned two Islamist factions allied with the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) regime under General Abdel Fattah al Burhan in Khartoum...
The recent ill-fated visit of General Abdel Fattah al Burhan's Prime Minister Kamil Idris to Riyadh illustrates this approach: he arrived in the capital met twice with Saudi Arabia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdallah (Dispatches 9/6/25 General Burhan's premier tries to build new civilian government in Khartoum)...
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Taking El Fasher which has been under an RSF siege for more than a year has assumed massive strategic importance as it is the last major foothold in Darfur for the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) of General Abdel Fattah al Burhan (AC Vol 66 No 14 The deadly stalemate deepens & Vol 66 No 17 Washington revives peace push after a year of drift)...
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A three-hour meeting in Zurich between Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) commander General Abdel Fattah al Burhan and United States President Donald Trump's Senior Africa Advisor Massad Boulos on 11 August was the first sign of serious movement in Sudan peace negotiations for a year...
On 14 August – Sudan's Army Day – SAF Commander General Abdel Fattah al Burhan delivered one of his harshest speeches against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo – ‘Hemeti' – reiterating his refusal to negotiate and calling for their destruction...
Discussions centred on strengthening the Islamist military component to influence the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) under General Abdel Fattah al Burhan ‘without appearing divisive' – a difficult balance while the war against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ‘Hemeti' remains deadlocked...
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The SAF led by Hemeti's rival General Abdel Fattah al Burhan has accused regional neighbour Kenya of ‘a blatant violation of Sudan's the sovereignty' following reports unconfirmed by Nairobi that the Ruto administration has recognised the RSF government...
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Vol 66 No 15 |
- ERITREA
- ETHIOPIA
Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Commander General Abdel Fattah al Burhan has Saudi and Egyptian support as well as Issayas' backing and is still locked in conflict with the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces...
Idriss runs Burhan's war cabinet General Abdel Fattah al Burhan's appointment of Dr Kamel Idriss as the new Prime Minister was shrewd...
Emirati test When Egypt proposed a meeting in Sharm el Sheikh on June 10 to resolve issues between Abu Dhabi and the Sudan Armed Forces regime under General Abdel Fattah al Burhan the UAE delegates listed preconditions such as restoring an economic deal that was signed in December 2022 with the Sudanese junta but cancelled in August 2024 after the outbreak of war...
Their collaboration has pushed back troops from the Sudan Armed Forces under the command of General Abdel Fattah al Burhan in Khartoum who have been desperately trying to hold on to El Fasher and some of the hinterland...
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Idris's appointment is widely seen as an attempt by Sudan Armed Forces leader General Abdel Fattah el Burhan to legitimise a SAF-dominated government in Khartoum...
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Just weeks earlier his rival SAF Commander Gen Abdel Fattah al Burhan had been celebrating after driving Hemeti's forces from the war-shattered capital at terrible human and material cost...