Sudanese Armed Forces
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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.[3] The CIA estimates that the SAF may have up to 200,000 personnel.[4] While Al Jazeera Media Network report that's the Sudanese Armed Force have around 300,000 personnel ( without counting the reserve forces and the different paramilitary).[5]
Sudanese Armed Forces | |
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القوات المسلحة السودانية | |
Founded | 1925; 99 years ago (1925) (as Sudan Defence Forces) |
Current form | 1956; 68 years ago (1956) |
Service branches | Sudanese Army Sudanese Navy Sudanese Air Force Republican Guard |
Headquarters | Khartoum |
Leadership | |
Supreme Commander | Transitional Sovereignty Council |
Commander-in-Chief | General Abdul Fattah al-Burhan[1] |
Minister of Defence | Yassin Ibrahim Yassin |
Chief of Staff | Muhammad Othman al-Hussein |
Personnel | |
Military age | 18 |
Active personnel | 300,000 |
Reserve personnel | 200,000 |
Expenditure | |
Budget | $2.47 Billion (2017 est.) |
Percent of GDP | 1.0% (2017 est.) |
Industry | |
Domestic suppliers | Military Industry Corporation |
Foreign suppliers | Belarus China Cuba Czech Republic Iran[2] North Korea[citation needed] Poland Russia Turkey Ukraine Vietnam |
Related articles | |
History | Military history of Sudan |
Ranks | Military ranks of Sudan |
In 2016–2017, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had 40,000 members participating in the Yemeni Civil War (of which 10,000 returned to Sudan by October 2019).[6] The outbreak of the ongoing war in the country saw the SAF and RSF fighting each other.[7]