Sudanese Armed Forces

Sudanese Armed Forces
Sudanese Armed Forces
القوات المسلحة السودانية
	Insignia of the Sudanese Armed Forces
Founded	1956 (1925 as Sudan Defence Force)
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
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); 40,000 Rapid Support Forces in the Yemeni Civil War (2016–2017);
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; North Korea; Poland; Russia; Turkey; 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. The CIA estimates that the SAF may have up to 200,000 personnel.

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). The outbreak of the ongoing war in the country saw the SAF and RSF fighting each other.

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