| Sudanese Armed Forces | |
|---|---|
| القوات المسلحة السودانية | |
 Insignia of the Sudanese Armed Forces | |
| Founded | 1925 (as Sudan Defence Forces) |
| Current form | 1956 |
| Service branches |  Sudanese Army Sudanese Navy Sudanese Air ForceRepublican Guard |
| Headquarters | Khartoum |
| Leadership | |
| Supreme Commander | Transitional Sovereignty Council |
| Commander-in-Chief | General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan[1] |
| Minister of Defence | Yassin Ibrahim Yassin |
| Chief of Staff | Muhammad Othman al-Hussein |
| Personnel | |
| Military age | 18 |
| Active personnel | 300,000 |
| Reserve personnel | 200,000 |
| Expenditure | |
| Budget | $2.47 Billion (2017 est.) |
| Percent of GDP | 1.0% (2017 est.) |
| Industry | |
| Domestic suppliers | Military Industry Corporation |
| Foreign suppliers |  Belarus[citation needed] China[citation needed] Cuba[citation needed] Czech Republic[citation needed] Iran[2] North Korea[citation needed] Poland[citation needed] Russia[citation needed] Turkey[citation needed] Ukraine[citation needed] Vietnam[citation needed] |
| Related articles | |
| History | Military history of Sudan |
| 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.[3] The CIA estimates that the SAF may have up to 200,000 personnel.[4] While Al Jazeera Media Network report that's the Sudanese Armed Force have around 300,000 personnel (without counting the reserve forces and the different paramilitary).[5]
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).[6] 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
- ^ 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
IISS2011Sudanwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Military and security service personnel strengths - the World Factbook".
- ^ Lodhi, Areesha. "After a year of war in Sudan, what is the situation now?". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
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SudTrib_RSF_Yemen_10k_returnwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "The World Factbook". Retrieved 23 February 2015.