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Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein
Sudan Armed Forced spending
According to Research and Markets, a think-tank, spending on the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) stood at US$3.308bn in 2010 and is expected to rise to US$3.923bn in 2011, amounting to 22.2% of GDP.
The Sudanese air force consists of 61 combat capable aircraft, as well as Russian-built Divina 2 anti-aircraft missiles, according to the 2012 edition of the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ The Military Balance”.
- Thursday 15 November 2012
November 14, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese defense minister Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein blasted South Sudan government claiming that the latter caused the breakdown of the security talks in Juba this month. Sudan’s Defence Minister (...)
- Friday 10 May 2013
May 9, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese army has agreed to boost salaries of soldiers and officers by 22% amid growing military activities against rebels in the country. FILE PHOTO - Sudanese army troops (GETTY)
Last month the Sudanese (...)
- Monday 12 November 2012
November 11, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The leader of Sudan’s mainstream opposition coalition National Consensus Forces (NCF), Farouq Abu Issa, has said that the government will likely find itself with no option but to implement recommendations (...)
- Friday 9 March 2012
March 8, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan’s Defense minister, Abdel Rahim Hussein said Wednesday that a tripartite force composed of Chad, Libya and Sudan will be formed soon to monitor their common borders.
Sudan and Chad established a joint (...)
- Wednesday 7 November 2012
November 7, 2012 (JUBA/KHARTOUM) - South Sudan’s army has pledged to withdraw its forces from the demilitarized buffer zone it has agreed to establish along its tense border with Sudan, following the first sitting of a joint security (...)
- Monday 5 November 2012
November 5, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese parliament revealed on Sunday that the country’s military budget will be increased next year to strengthen the army’s defense capabilities as criticism grows over the failure to respond to an (...)
- Sunday 15 April 2012
April 14, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese national assembly, that is dominated by the ruling National Congress Party (NCP), will soon summon defense minister Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein to probe him on circumstances surrounding the fall (...)
- Friday 6 April 2012
April 5, 2012 (JUBA) — South Sudan’s chief negotiator with Sudan on post-independence issues on Thursday accused Khartoum of showing a clear lack of interest in reaching a lasting solution over number of contentious issues which the two (...)
- Tuesday 27 March 2012
March 26, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The President of Sudan, Omer Hassan Al-Bashir, on Monday decreed the establishment of a committee to undertake “mobilization of Jihadists”, appointing first Vice-President Ali Osman Mohammad Taha as its (...)
- Tuesday 3 January 2012
January 2, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese defense minister Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein inspected an airbase in North Kordofan and pledged to upgrade its capabilities and prepare it for a more advanced role.
Hussein toured the Sheikan (...)
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