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Sudan Armed Forces

Type: Organization

Name: Sudan Armed Forces

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Amnesty: Growing Danger for Refugees

Amnesty International says the world is growing more dangerous for refugees and migrants. The organizations annual report says the rights of millions of people who have escaped conflict and persecution -- or migrated to seek work and a better life -- ... [Published VOA News - May 23 2013]

Entities: Refugees, Sudan, Mali, Displacement

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Salva Kiir Mayardit

Sudan's council of states suspends sessions to push for military mobilisation

(KHARTOUM) - Sudan's Council of States has decided to suspend its sessions in order to enable its members to head to their constituencies and lead a mobilisation campaign in support of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) in its ongoing battle with rebel groups ... [Published Sudan Tribune - May 21 2013]

Entities: Sudan, Sudanese People, Military/Armed Forces, South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Sudan say South Kordofan town to be soon liberated

(KHARTOUM) - The spokesperson o f the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) announced that they would soon retake the Abu Karshola in South Kordofan from the rebels who seized the area last April.Displaced Sudanese people from the district of Abu Kershola comfort ... [Published Sudan Tribune - May 19 2013]

Entities: Sudan, Khartoum, Sudan Armed Forces, Sudanese People

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Nordic Institute of Stage and Studio

Sudan's defence minister promises rebellion annihilation

(KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese defence minister, Abdel-Rahim Hussein, has reiterated the ability of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) to defeat the rebel groups, stressing that they would completely annihilate rebellion from the country.Defence minister Abdel-Rahim ... [Published Sudan Tribune - May 19 2013]

Entities: Nordic Institute of Stage and Studio, Sudan, Sudanese

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Sudan's defence minister inspects military preparations in Kordofan

(KHARTUM) - Sudanese defence minister Abdel-Rahim Hussein was Wednesday in Al-Obeid, capital of North Korodfan state to review the ongoing preparation to retake Abu-Kershola, an area the rebels control since 27 April.Sudanese Minister Abdel-Rahim Mohamed ... [Published Sudan Tribune - May 16 2013]

Entities: Sudan, Sudanese, Yasir Arman

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 2 reports

Rare criticism of Sudan's security agency from parliament

(KHARTOUM) – Sudan's National Assembly speaker Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Tahir has issued a warning to the rebel Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) saying that its leaders will face death at the hands of the army so long as they are waging war against Khartoum.Sudan's ... [Published Sudan Tribune - May 13 2013]

Entities: Sudan, Nordic Institute of Stage and Studio, Khartoum, Ahmed Ibrahim al-Tahir, Security

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Sudan: Sudan Forms 'Strategic Battalion' to Defend Capital

Khartoum The opposition National Consensus Forces described Khartoum's announcement to form a special "strategic battalion" to counter a possible attack of the rebel Sudan Revolutionary Front on Khartoum, as "a serious threat to the homeland and the lives ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 13 2013]

Entities: Sudan, Khartoum, Kamal Omer Abdel Salam, Sudan Armed Forces, National Congress (SD)

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 3 reports

Sudan forms special paramilitary unit to defend capital

The High Committee for Mobilization and Alert at Khartoum's locality headed by mayor Omar Nimir announced the inauguration of Popular Defense Forces (PDF) military training camps and the formation of a "strategic battalion" comprised of government officials ... [Published Individual.com - May 12 2013]

Entities: Sudan, Mobilization, Khartoum, PDF, Sudan Armed Forces

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

South Sudan (Republic of): New Satellite Imagery Confirms Broken Agreements Along the Sudan/South Sudan Border

Source: DigitalGlobe, Enough ProjectCountry: Sudan, South Sudan (Republic of) A new report from the Satellite Sentinel Project, or SSP, confirms that Sudan and South Sudan have violated recent peace agreements by positioning troops in what is supposed ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 08 2013]

Entities: South Sudan, Sudan, Buffer Zone, DigitalGlobe Inc

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Sudan: Armed Forces Announce Control Over Situations in Um Ruaba City

Khartoum The Official Spokesman of the Armed Forces Col. Aswarmi Khalid Saad has announced in statement that the armed forces has taken control over the situations in Um Ruaba city in North Kordofan State following the flagrant assault on the city by ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 02 2013]

Entities: Sudan Armed Forces, Military/Armed Forces, Martyr, Security

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 4 reports

AFRICAN NEWS EXPLAINED: Rebel groups in Sudan launch offensive

Soldier of the Justice Equality Movement at the Sudan Armed Forces' Aliny Base of Heglig on 15 April 2012 AFP/Adriane O'HanesianThe main rebel group in Sudan says that it is launching an offensive on North Kordofan state. The Sudan People's Liberation ... [Published Radio France Internationale - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Sudan, Justice and Equality Movement, Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M)

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 5 reports

Darfur rebels strike close to capital in bid to topple Bashir

KHARTOUM Rebels from Sudans Darfur region attacked a city in a neighbouring state on Saturday, taking their fight closer to the capital Khartoum, witnesses said.The attack marks the biggest push of a rebel alliance that seeks to topple President Omar ... [Published Oman Tribune - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Justice and Equality Movement, Darfur, Khartoum, Sudanese, Omar Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir

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...Sudan's National Assembly, Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Tahir, who addressed a mobilization rally in the Northern state capital of Dongola on Sunday, said that "Sudan wouldn't fit for both of us [the government and the rebels]; either we stay in it or they take it"

Sudan's council of states suspends sessions to push for military mobilisation [Published Sudan Tribune - May 21 2013]

He also emphasized that the government assumed power through elections and would only abandon it through elections and not by "force, vandalism, intimidation of peaceful people, and destruction of civilian facilities"

Sudanese Capital Is Safe From Rebel Attacks, Says Governor [Published AllAfrica.com - May 16 2013]

On Tuesday, the US embassy in Khartoum issued a security warning saying that it is "temporarily prohibiting all discretionary travel of U S Government employees and their family members to Omdurman because of recent increased security threats"

Sudanese capital is safe from rebel attacks, says governor [Published Sudan Tribune - May 16 2013]

"UNAMID spokesman Kemal Saiki confirmed the bombing was by 'the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) air force.' Later on Wednesday [January 26, 2011], a group of 200 Sudanese government soldiers in 40 vehicles arrived at UNAMID's camp in the nearby settlement of Shangil Tobay [North Darfur], UNAMID said. '(The soldiers) surrounded the team site's exit as well as the adjacent makeshift camp, where thousands of civilians recently displaced by the December 2010 clashes have settled,' read the statement. The Sudanese army detained four displaced people at the camp, said UNAMID. 'The SAF commander at the scene ... then threatened to burn down the makeshift camp and UNAMID team site, if the peacekeepers continued to interfere.'" (Reuters [Khartoum], January 27, 2011)

Killing UN Peacekeepers - a Ruthless Proclivity of Khartoum's SAF, Militia Proxies [Published AllAfrica.com - May 14 2013]

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Amnesty: Growing Danger for Refugees [Published VOA News - May 23 2013]
Sudan: Anatomy of a Conflict—New Report from Ha... [Published Sudan Tribune - May 21 2013]
Sudan's council of states suspends sessions to ... [Published Sudan Tribune - May 21 2013]
Sudan say South Kordofan town to be soon liberated [Published Sudan Tribune - May 19 2013]
Sudan's defence minister promises rebellion ann... [Published Sudan Tribune - May 19 2013]
Sudan Denies Presence of Chadian Troops in Darfur [Published AllAfrica.com - May 17 2013]
Sudan denies presence of Chadian troops in Darfur [Published Sudan Tribune - May 17 2013]
Sudanese Capital Is Safe From Rebel Attacks, Sa... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 16 2013]
Sudan's defence minister inspects military prep... [Published Sudan Tribune - May 16 2013]
Sudanese capital is safe from rebel attacks, sa... [Published Sudan Tribune - May 16 2013]
Abu Karshola - Liberation Stands Accused [Published AllAfrica.com - May 16 2013]
Abu Karshola: liberation stands accused [Published Sudan Tribune - May 15 2013]
Killing UN Peacekeepers - a Ruthless Proclivity... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 14 2013]
Sudanese president pledges to soon retake South... [Published Sudan Tribune - May 14 2013]
'We are Fighting to be Given Our Own State' - Y... [Published VOA News - May 14 2013]
Some Reflections On the Invisibility of Darfur [Published AllAfrica.com - May 13 2013]
The Devil in Resolving Decades of Abyei Conflict [Published AllAfrica.com - May 13 2013]
Rare criticism of Sudan's security agency from ... [Published Sudan Tribune - May 13 2013]
Sudan warns rebels against attempting to attack... [Published Sudan Tribune - May 13 2013]
Sudan: Sudan Forms 'Strategic Battalion' to Def... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 13 2013]
Renewed tension brewing between Khartoum and Juba [Published Sudan Tribune - May 12 2013]
Sudan forms special paramilitary unit to defend... [Published Individual.com - May 12 2013]
Reflections on the invisibility of Darfur [Published Sudan Tribune - May 12 2013]
Sudan urges mosquesâ imams to call for jihad ... [Published Jihad Watch - May 11 2013]
Sudan urges mosques' imams to call for jihad ag... [Published Individual.com - May 11 2013]
Sudan urges mosques? imams to call for Jihad ag... [Published Sudan Tribune - May 11 2013]
The devil in resolving decades of Abyei conflict [Published Sudan Tribune - May 11 2013]
Sudan Parliament Suspended for 'Full Mobilisati... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 10 2013]
Killing UN Peacekeepers - a Ruthless Proclivity... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 10 2013]
Killing UN Peacekeepers: A ruthless proclivity ... [Published Sudan Tribune - May 10 2013]

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Sudan urges mosquesâ imams to call for jihad ... [Published Jihad Watch - May 11 2013] "The meeting discussed the need to reinforce the message of mosques in society and to urge worshipers to fulfil [sic] the virtue of jihad and martyrdom" -- martyrdom, that is, meaning murdering Infidels and getting killed in the process. "Sudan urges ...
South Sudan Travel Warning [Published travel.state.gov: Travel Warnings - Mar 29 2013] The U.S. Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to the Republic of South Sudan and strongly recommends U.S. citizens defer all travel to the country. This replaces the Travel Warning dated September 10, 2012, and updates ...