All eyes are on Sudan  especially now that the military dynamics are shifting in eastern and central areas in favour of Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) commander General Abdel Fattah al Burhan (AC Vol 64 No 4  The generals choose partition over peace & Vol 66 No 1  Region will be key in bid to end war)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    Kenyan diplomats and the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) under General Abdel Fattah al Burhan have waded into a new diplomatic row over plans by his rival General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ‘Hemeti' and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to use Nairobi as base to launch a parallel government in Sudan (AC Vol 66 No 4  The generals choose partition over peace)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) led by General Abdel Fattah al Burhan is fighting for control of what is left of the extensive areas that were under the Rapid Support Forces' (RSF) authority for more than a year in Khartoum  Bahri  and Omdurman...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The latest African contract for Florida-based Ballard Partners founded by Brian Ballard  a close ally of President Donald J Trump  is a six-month deal with Sudan Armed Forces leader Abdel Fattah al Burhan  with the $300 000 fee paid upfront in October...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Reports are increasing of ever greater predatory behaviour by security men in eastern Chad  where corrupt opportunities abound from refugee operations  medical care for casualties of the Sudan war  and Emirati logistics in support of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ‘Hemeti'  who is fighting the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) of General Abdel Fattah al Burhan in Sudan...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Last year  Commander of the Sudan Armed Forces Gen Abdel Fattah al Burhan blocked Ruto from mediating ceasefire talks by the regional Intergovernmental Authority on Development  accusing him of being an ally of Hemeti (Dispatches  27/3/24  IGAD returns to Sudan negotiations with a peace envoy)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Gen Abdel Fattah al Burhan  commander of the SAF  has repeatedly said that there can be no negotiations without the annihilation of the RSF...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	           SUDAN'S GENERAL BURHAN SIGNS UP WITH TRUMP LOBBYISTS The Sudanese embassy in Washington DC  loyal to General Abdel Fattah al Burhan's regime in Port Sudan  has signed up with Ballard Partners  the lobbying firm run by Brian Ballard  a leading fundraiser for President-elect Donald Trump's political campaign...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     On 26 September  the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) commander General Abdel Fattah al Burhan addressed the UN General Assembly  savouring this shred of international recognition which was conceded to him in the hope that he would join serious negotiations for a ceasefire...
	 
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	     It is hard to take the SAF's repudiation of the attack at face value coming just days after General Abdel Fattah al Burhan's veiled references to the UAE in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly as one of the main ‘regional and political players' backing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by his rival General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (AC Vol 65 No 16  As the civil war threatens the region  the UAE boosts Hemeti's militia)...
	 
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