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On the face of it the US State Department's designation on 9 March of the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organisation is a setback for General Abdel Fattah al Burhan the leader of the Sudan Armed Forces...
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Yet Abu Dhabi's backing for Hemeti's militia – now held directly responsible by the UN for mass slaughter in Darfur over the past two years – has prompted supporters of the Sudan Armed Forces under Gen Abdel Fattah al Burhan to step up their supplies...
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That means backing General Abdel Fattah al Burhan and the SAF which currently controls Port Sudan and has re-established itself in the capital Khartoum (AC Vol 66 No 19 Khartoum rebuffs US-Arab peace roadmap)...
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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi have put the hard sell on Sudan Armed Forces leader Abdel Fattah al Burhan to agree to peace talks brokered by Washington and Riyadh to end the two-year civil war...
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Vol 66 No 25 |
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- TURKEY
Koné's visit to Port Sudan in April where he met General Abdel Fattah al Burhan of the Sudan Armed Forces raises more questions given that Russia and Turkey are vying for footholds in the country...
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So far the EU has resisted pressure from General Abdel Fattah al Burhan to lift sanctions against his Sudan Armed Forces...
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General Abdel Fattah al Burhan's Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) are under pressure to agree to the United States' plans for a humanitarian ceasefire after the Rapid Support Forces of Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ‘Hemeti' welcomed the plan...
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The SAF's retreat from El Fasher could reshape relations among Gen Abdel Fattah al Burhan's military allies...
BURHAN ON A TIGHTROPE In the wake of several critical meetings General Abdel Fattah al Burhan's survival depends on balancing relations with rival powers – Saudi Arabia against Iran and Russia Egypt against Sudanese Islamists...
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)...