Tag: Sudan
Senate Bill Targets Sudan War’s Foreign Backers
A bipartisan effort to sanction foreign actors fueling Sudan's civil war has gained a possible route through Congress after Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch (R-ID) filed the measure as an amendment to the Senate's annual defense policy bill.The PEACE in Sudan Act, introduced by Republican senators Risch (R-ID)…
Sudan’s Potential LPG Deal Exposes Red Sea Contest
Türkiye’s proposed liquefied petroleum gas terminal at Suakin is not an LNG breakthrough. But it does expose the widening competition for access to Sudan’s Red Sea coast, and the leverage that control of the shoreline gives the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF).Port Deals as Wartime LeverageSudan’s Sea Ports Corporation signed a…
SAF De Facto Rejects US Peace Plan
Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), has dampened prospects for a US-led peace plan, vowing on July 24 in Khartoum North to eliminate the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and declaring no place for the group "after today," according to Sudan Tribune.Burhan's remarks did…
Cargo Flights Underscore Foreign Role in Sudan
Foreign sponsorship has become a central operational driver of Sudan's civil war. Competing supply networks give both sides access to drones, munitions and logistics that help them replace losses and continue fighting despite repeated peace efforts.Flight-tracking records show SU-SAW, a Boeing 737-8F2 operated by the Egyptian cargo carrier Air Master,…
ICC Ends Banda Darfur War Crimes Case
The International Criminal Court (ICC) terminated its case against Sudanese rebel commander Abdallah Banda on July 23 and vacated his outstanding arrest warrant.The charges concerned Banda's alleged role in the September 2007 attack on an African Union peacekeeping base at Haskanita in North Darfur, which killed 12 peacekeepers. He faced…
Drone Strike Raises Chad — Sudan Border Tensions
A drone from Sudan reportedly struck Bamina in eastern Chad on July 21, injuring two children and burning vehicles and shops, according to a local Chadian official quoted by Sudan Tribune.The official said two locations were hit about seven kilometres inside Chad. He did not accuse either side in Sudan’s…
UK Sanctions Gold Networks Funding Sudan’s War
Britain has sanctioned 11 people and companies accused of using gold, procurement and financial networks to support both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).The designations, announced on July 16, target Sudanese individuals and companies trading internationally through markets including Dubai and Hong Kong. British officials…
Drone Warfare Is Becoming One Global Battlefield
Drones are no longer supporting weapons used alongside artillery, aircraft and missiles. Across several of the world's most active conflicts, they now shape how forces find targets, hold territory at risk, protect infrastructure and impose costs on opponents.Ukraine remains the most important testing ground. Its armed forces and defense-technology sector…
Sudan Rejects Renewed US Chemical Weapons Claim
Sudan's army-aligned government has rejected US allegations that the Sudanese Armed Forces used chemical weapons in the civil war, telling the UN Security Council that Washington has provided no evidence to Khartoum or the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.Chargé d'affaires Ammar Mohamed Mahmoud invoked the 1998 US destruction…
El Obeid Exposes Sudan’s Missing Peace Strategy
El Obeid, the capital of Sudan's North Kordofan state, is home to approximately half a million people, including more than 100,000 displaced by the civil war. It links Darfur, held by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), to army-controlled central and eastern Sudan, and has faced intensifying RSF pressure in recent…
