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
109,300, with paramilitary forces of an estimated 17,500 (2007)[2]
40,000 Rapid Support Forces in the Yemeni Civil War (2016–2017)[3]
Reserve personnel
85,000
Expenditures
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[4] North Korea[citation needed] Poland Russia Turkey Ukraine Vietnam
Related articles
History
Military history of Sudan
First Sudanese Civil War
Arab Deterrent Force
Iran–Iraq War
Second Sudanese Civil War
War in Darfur
Battle of Malakal
Invasion of Anjouan
Sudan–SPLM-N War
Heglig Crisis
Intervention in Yemen
2019 Sudanese coup d'état
Al-Fashaga conflict
2021 Sudanese coup d'état
War in Sudan (2023)
Ranks
Military ranks of Sudan
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.[5] The CIA estimates that the SAF may have up to 200,000 personnel.[6]
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).[3] The outbreak of the ongoing war in the country saw the SAF and RSF fighting each other.[7]
^Hoffmann, Anette (November 2021). "Military coup betrays Sudan's revolution: Scenarios to regain the path towards full civilian rule" (PDF). Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael. Retrieved 22 March 2023. commander-in-chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and chair of Sudan's Sovereignty Council, Lt. General Abdul-Fattah al-Burhan
^IISS 2007, p. 293.
^ abCite error: The named reference SudTrib_RSF_Yemen_10k_return was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Iran Military Power: Ensuring Regime Survival and Securing Regional Dominance(PDF), Defense Intelligence Agency, August 2019, p. 90, ISBN 978-0-16-095157-2, DIA-Q-00055-A, archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2021, retrieved 19 October 2020
^Cite error: The named reference IISS2011Sudan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Military and security service personnel strengths - the World Factbook".
^"The World Factbook". Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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