The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF; Arabic: القوات المسلحة السودانية, romanized: Al-Quwwat al-Musallaha as-Sudaniyah) are the military forces of the Republic of the Sudan. In 2011, IISS estimated the forces' numbers at 109,300 personnel. [9] .

1 day ago · Sudanese army accused of bombing civilians in Darfur. At least 12 civilians were killed on February 3 when air strikes hit Nyala, the capital of South Darfur and Sudan’s second-most populous city. Since October 2023, Nyala has been under the control of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the paramilitary group opposed to the army in the Sudanese ...

12 hours ago · Sudan’s army is edging closer to recapturing the country’s capital Khartoum in what allies of its leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said would be their most significant victory in two ...

1 day ago · The Sudanese military has called for diplomatic support for a new government that it says it wants to form after it recaptures the capital, Khartoum, from rival forces. The Sudanese army has been ...

A Sudanese army soldier after recapturing an oil refinery from rebels. Photo: El Tayeb Siddig/Reuters. After a lightning offensive, Sudan’s military is close to regaining control of the country ...

4 days ago · The army chief, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, visited the facility days later, and promised to remove the paramilitary forces from “every corner of Sudan.” But even as army officers celebrated ...

Jan 12, 2025 · Sudan’s army said on Saturday it had entered the central city of Wad Madani and was pushing out its paramilitary rivals the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a step which if completed successfully...

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF; Arabic: القوات المسلحة السودانية, romanized: Al-Quwwat al-Musallaha as-Sudaniyah) are the military forces of the Republic of the Sudan. It was established in 1925, and units of the forces participated in World War II. [4]

Jan 12, 2025 · Sudan’s army has recaptured Wad Madani, a strategically important city some 200km (124 miles) southeast of the capital Khartoum, in a major blow to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Jan 14, 2025 · The Sudanese army on Tuesday condemned what it called "individual violations" in Sudan's El Gezira in recent days after rights groups blamed the army and its allies for ethnically-targeted...