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Ministry of Defence - Sudan
Ministry of Defence - Sudan
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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”.
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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 (...)
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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 (...)
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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 (...)
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Monday 24 August 2015
August 23, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir issued a decree today in which he named a new defence minister to replace Mustafa Obeid who served in this role temporarily following the cabinet reshuffle of (...)
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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 (...)
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Tuesday 27 March 2012
March 26, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government on Monday announced that president Omer Hassan al-Bashir’s scheduled summit with his southern counterpart Salva Kiir on 3 April has been cancelled in wake of the most serious (...)
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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. (...)
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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 (...)
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Thursday 11 October 2012
October 10, 2012 (KHARTOUM) - Juba has renewed its willingness to facilitate a negotiated settlement to the ongoing conflict between Khartoum and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North, who are fighting the government since last (...)
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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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