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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”.
- 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 (...)
- 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 (...)
- 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 (...)
- Wednesday 30 May 2012
May 30, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan’s defense minister, and chief of staff of the Libyan Air Force last Monday discussed military cooperation between the two countries but few information was available about the meeting.
The official (...)
- Friday 1 June 2012
June 1, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The leadership office of Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP) approved on Thursday a proposal recommending the removal of fuel subsidies to avert collapse of the country’s economy amid a great deal of (...)
- 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 (...)
- Tuesday 17 April 2012
April 16, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – A number of Sudanese lawmakers called for those responsible for the failure to protect the oil-rich region of Heglig from falling at the hands of South Sudan’s army (SPLA) last week be held to account. (...)
- 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 (...)
- 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 (...)
- Friday 16 June 2006
June 15, 2006 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan and Belarus inked a military cooperation protocol covering training, exchange of experiences, and military science fields.
Minister of Defence Gen. Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein signed for Sudan while (...)
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