Vol 64 No 23 |
- CHAD
- FRANCE
The intensifying fight for control of Darfur between the RSF and the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) under Gen Abdel Fattah al Burhan has driven over 450 000 Sudanese into Chad according to the latest reports from the World Health Organization...
Adding to Egypt's longer term but discreet support for General Abdel Fattah al Burhan's Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) which likes to call itself the government Iran has offered military help (AC Vol 64 No 21 Politics in a time of war)...
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Instead reports are emerging of intensifying fighting in Darfur between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) under General Abdel Fattah al Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) under the command of Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' (AC Vol 64 No 22 Amid regional chaos a glimmer of hope in Jeddah and Addis)...
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General Abdel Fattah al Burhan mocked by his adversaries as the 'basement commander' – a reference to his decision to stay in the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) General Command Compound from the start of the war in April until late August – has been using his freedom since then to mobilise diplomatic support against Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti'...
Agar's boss Gen Abdel Fattah al Burhan went the rounds of his international supporters mainly Egypt and Turkey when he attended the UN General Assembly in New York a few days later but failed to win their full backing while the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ramps up its support of Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' and his Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Darfur (AC Vol 62 No 22 Burhan tries to negotiate after coup falters)...
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Suggestions by Sudan Armed Forces commander General Abdel Fattah al Burhan that he is willing to open negotiations with his rival Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' head of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia offers a chance to negotiate a ceasefire but lacked any clear plan to structure the talks...
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The army led by Sudan's Sovereign Council headed by army chief General Abdel Fattah al Burhan control much of the rest of the country including the Red Sea city of Port Sudan...
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When the war of the generals broke out on 15 April General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti' the commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had clear objectives: to thwart the plan to subsume his paramilitary force under the command of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) within two years and to do so his fighters would capture General Abdel Fattah al Burhan and other senior military officers...
After the ousting of Beshir in 2019 Hemeti joined Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) head General Abdel Fattah al Burhan as part of the transition period...
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Vol 64 No 15 |
- EGYPT
- ETHIOPIA
Prior to the war warmer relations between Abiy and Sudan Armed Forces leader Abdel Fattah al Burhan had sidelined Sisi in the negotiations over the dam but the political vacuum in Khartoum as the fighting rages has put an end to that (AC Vol 64 No 6 How El Sisi lost the cold war over water)...
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In the meantime small steps forward include a summit in Cairo attended by Sudan's neighbours and a phone call between army chief General Abdel Fattah al Burhan and Kenya's President William Ruto at the weekend...
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