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Sudan
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. [...]

Published on 27/12/2019 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Abdalla Hamdok
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
Abubakar Dumlab
CIA
Hemeti
Khartoum Electronic Media Center
Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo
National Intelligence and Security Service
Omar al-Bashir
Rapid Support Forces
Salah Abdallah Mohamed Saleh
Salah Gosh
Sudanese Media Center
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Al-Sisi spymasters plays guardian angel to transition in Khartoum

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

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Sudan faced with turning militia ragbag into genuine army as it sheds its pariah status

The lifting of US sanctions on Sudan will open the way to bilateral cooperation, not least in the military domain. And time is of the essence: despite the peace deal, there is friction between the various militia groups that will make up the future Sudanese army.

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Members of the Rapid Support Forces, 2019.

Russia, Sudan
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.

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Vladimir Putin receives credentials from Sudan ambassador to Russia, Nadir Babiker, in 2015.

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Intelligence services divested of their pot of gold

In its drive to reform the Sudanese intelligence services and thereby curtail the power of this key cog in the regime of the ousted president Omar al-Bashir, the Khartoum government has deprived it of one of its principal sources of income:

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Sudan
Germany to coordinate overhaul of intelligence services

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

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Sudan
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.

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Sudan
Road to Washington runs via Tel Aviv for Khartoum

Facilitated by the United Arab Emirates, the meeting in Entebbe on 3 February between Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Benjamin Netanyahu marked a stage in the normalising of US-Sudanese relations.

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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 [...]

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Sudan
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 [...]

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Abdalla Hamdok forced to offer pledges to warlords

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Sudan
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 [...]

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Brussels diagnoses its Sudanese patient

The Indian Ocean Newsletter has gained exclusive access to the findings of the European Union (EU) delegation that visited Khartoum from 30 to 31 October to assess the situation and the needs of the government of Abdalla Hamdok.

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Abadalla Hamdok, Sudan's Prime Minister, can rely on EU's support.

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Major purge of Sudanese army

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Sudan
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 [...]

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Gold smuggling networks thrive

Having prospered under Bashir, gold traffickers are taking advantage of instability in the country, giving rise to a new gold rush.

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

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General Mohamed Hamdan Dalgo aka Hemeti, head of the RSF and VP of the Transitional Military Council

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Why Abdel Fattah al-Burhan is taking over from Bashir

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‘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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Mohamed Hamdan Dalgo ( left), facing Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of TMC, is appointed as his n°2.

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Major overhaul of security services

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

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Intelligence services divested of their pot of gold

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Germany to coordinate overhaul of intelligence services

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Turkey seeks to mobilise its Sudanese allies

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Islamists cling to hope of return to power

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Hemeti sets himself up as guardian of the revolution

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