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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Here Egypt has taken on the UAE's Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahayan (MBZ) on two separate issues: Abu Dhabi's strong backing for the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan's war while Cairo backs the Sudan Armed Forces under General Abdel Fattah al Burhan...
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And it ensures that the SAF's beleaguered commander General Abdel Fattah al Burhan listens to it...
Mid-level Chadian officers supply recruits weapons and ammunition for the Zaghawa armed groups in Darfur that are now siding with the SAF and other forces backing Gen Abdel Fattah al Burhan...
The SAF's agreement on 15 August to allow aid agencies to bring supplies in through the Adre crossing on the Sudan-Chad border was an important concession a sign that some in General Abdel Fattah al Burhan's forces understand that he is losing the propaganda war...
Its main target was SAF Commander General Abdel Fattah al Burhan who responded by ruling out any negotiations with Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ‘Hemeti' and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) just when his stance on talks was beginning to ease...
Vol 65 No 16 |
- RUSSIA
- AFRICA
With Russia now clearly aligning with General Abdel Fattah al Burhan's Sudan Armed Forces it opens the door for agreement on the base...