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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Unlike the Saudi Arabia and US talks in Jeddah the Addis meeting was attended by civilian activists and politicians who were in the power-sharing transitional government alongside the military before the 2021 coup led by General Abdel Fattah al Burhan and Hemeti (AC Vol 62 No 22 General Al Burhan's power grab)...
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It would have been easier to persuade the warring factions under Gen Abdel Fattah al Burhan and Gen Hemeti to agree to a ceasefire in the region at that stage – a ceasefire in May and June in Darfur could have saved more lives than the shaky agreements reached in and around Khartoum (AC Vol 64 No 10 A war that hits everyone all at once & Vol 64 No 11 A ceasefire with monitors this time)...
Vol 64 No 14 |
- RUSSIA
- AFRICA
Hemeti's RSF is reckoned to number around 100 000 while General Abdel Fattah al Burhan Commander of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) presides over about 200 000 soldiers and the air force...
Should the SAF prevail it is unthinkable that General Abdel Fattah al Burhan will offer any political or commercial accommodation to General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti'...
Vol 64 No 12 |
- SOUTH SUDAN
Other peace initiatives including those pushed by Saudi Arabia and the United States have also foundered and on 31 May all bets were off when Gen Abdel Fattah al Burhan announced that he was withdrawing from peace talks in Jeddah...
