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Turkey seeks to mobilise its Sudanese allies

In a bid to regain influence in Khartoum, Ankara is backing the al-Islah party against the transitional government. [...] (329 words)

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Politics

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Abdalla Hamdok
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi
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Donald Booth
Erfan Naziroglu
Ghazi Salaheddine al-Atabani
Hassan Al-Tourabi
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Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo
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Hemeti-Moscow honeymoon irks Cairo

The war in Ukraine has pushed Sudan's vice-president and Russia together, much to Egypt's dislike, whose government is concerned about a Russian base being set up on the Red Sea. [...]

Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo gave a press conference on 2 March, following his return from Moscow. © Ashraf Shalzy/AFP

General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo aka Hemeti (left), with the chairman of the Sovereign Council, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. © Mahmoud Hjaj/Anadolu Agency via AFP

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Burhan and Hemeti keep a tight hold on power in Khartoum

Now in total control, General Burhan and his deputy "Hemeti" form a duo that is holding together the regime currently in charge of Sudan. On paper, they have nothing in common. Burhan is a career soldier, while Hemeti is a militiaman turned politician. [...]

SUDAN Politics 30/07/2021

Yasir Arman, more than a simple political adviser for Hamdok

Of the advisers appointed by the Sudanese prime minister on 25 July, the deputy chair of the SPLM-N, Yasir Arman, has been given the political brief - a choice that reflects the longstanding ties between the two men. [...]

Yasir Arman, SPLM-N vice president. © Marwan Ali/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

EGYPT ISRAEL SUDAN Diplomacy 01/02/2021

Beshir's archives become bartering tool for Khartoum's new leaders

As Israel and Egypt quickly cosy up to Khartoum, they are both making separate efforts to access the archives of the National Intelligence and Security Service, which under ex-president Omar al-Bashir backed a range of Islamist groups. [...]

SUDAN EGYPT Diplomacy 05/11/2020

Al-Sisi spymasters plays guardian angel to transition in Khartoum

Following the Cairo visit of the president of the Sudanese transition Abdel Fattah Al Burhan, Egyptian intelligence has opened a military liaison bureau in Khartoum. The stated objective is to prevent any Islamist rearguard action against the transitional government. [...]

The president of Sudan's Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al Burhan and the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. © EPA/MAXPPP

RUSSIA SUDAN Defence Diplomacy 09/09/2020

Moscow milks historic ties with generals to do business with ruling council

The Sovereign Council, Sudan's ruling body since the fall of Omar al-Bashir, is negotiating with Russia to replenish its weapons stockpiles. [...]

Vladimir Putin receives credentials from Sudan ambassador to Russia, Nadir Babiker, in 2015. © President of Russia/CC BY-SA 4.0

SUDAN Politics 27/03/2020

Military takes charge of GERD dossier

Although the government of Abdalla Hamdok has sided with Ethiopia on the Nile dam, Sudan's generals are favouring Sisi's camp. [...]

SUDAN Politics 13/03/2020

Civilian and military wings of government at loggerheads Free

There is a growing rift between the camp of Abel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (aka Hemeti), who control [...]

SUDAN Energy Politics 13/03/2020

Why Khartoum is backing the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam at Cairo's expense

Thinking it had Sudan's support for the Arab League resolution against the Ethiopian dam in the bag, Egypt has suffered a setback. [...]

SUDAN Politics 28/02/2020

Germany to coordinate overhaul of intelligence services

Following the visit of the German president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, to [...]

SUDAN Politics 31/01/2020

Islamists cling to hope of return to power

On 14 January, a mutiny broke out at a base of the intelligence services (formerly the National Intelligence and Security [...]

SUDAN Politics 17/01/2020

Hemeti sets himself up as guardian of the revolution

The ‘human rights' revolution in Sudan is experiencing a resurgence of violence - not according to the pattern of the [...]

SUDAN Politics 27/12/2019

Major overhaul of security services

Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok is determined to bring the NISS back into the government fold and to keep it on a tight rein. [...]

SUDAN Politics 15/11/2019

RSF come out on top in army restructuring

The stated aim of the restructuring of the Sudan Armed Forces is to purge it of Muslim Brotherhood's allies but [...]

SUDAN Politics 01/11/2019

Dismantling of deep state takes shape

The ‘cleaning out' of the profound state initiated by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok is being hampered by powerful Islamist figures [...]

UNITED STATES ETHIOPIA SUDAN Defence Politics 21/06/2019

Washington and Addis try to save Sudan from going way of Somalia…

American and Ethiopian pressure is partially succeeding in curtailing the mass violence of Hemeti and al-Burhan. [...]

Spotlight

SUDAN Defence Politics 07/06/2019

Balance of power in Khartoum swings to Cairo-Abu Dhabi-Riyadh axis

Building on the meeting organised on 17 May by the US assistant secretary of state for African affairs Tibor Nagy, on 21 June Berlin will host diplomats from the African Union, the United Nations, the European Union, the Intergovernmental Authority [. [...]

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SUDAN Politics 19/04/2019

‘The Fall of Political Islam', Act One

With the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir on 10 April, the Muslim Brotherhood has lost Khartoum. But the deep state is well-anchored and will not be washed away so easily, not least because it is being buoyed up by the United [. [...]

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Abbas Kamel back in KHartoum

Abbas Kamel, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi's spymaster, arrived [...]

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