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According to latest figures by Research and Markets, a think-tank, spending on the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) stood at US$3.308bn in 2010 and is expected to rise to US$3.923bn in 2011, amounting to 22.2% of GDP.

The Sudanese air force consists of 61 combat capable aircraft, as well as Russian-built Divina 2 anti-aircraft missiles, according to the 2012 edition of the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ The Military Balance”.


Sudan’s Defence Minister Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein (R) speaks during joint news conference with his South Sudanese counterpart John Kong Nyuon in Khartoum September 18, 2011. (Reuters)

South Sudan

South Sudan’s official military is the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA). The SPLA was established as a rebel group in 1983 fighting SAF until a 2005 peace deal, after which the SPLA became the official army of the autonmous South. On 9 July 2011 South Sudan seceded from Sudan and the SPLA became the military of the independent Republic of South Sudan.

Videos

Al Jazeera | Sudan declares emergency on border with south | 29 April 2012

Al Jazeera English | On the frontline with South Sudan’s army | 27 April 2012

Al Jazeera | South Sudanese troops ’advance’ on Heglig | 25 April 2012

Al Jazeera English | Sudanese jets attack oil pipeline | 5 April 2012

Al Jazeera crew forced to take cover, as South Sudan claims to have shot down one of planes which carried out raid. Al Jazeera’s Nazanine Moshiri reports from on the Sudan-South Sudan border.

South Sudan’s FVP brief’s Kiir on integration of rebel forces
Friday 16 August 2019
August 15, 2019 (JUBA) – The South Sudanese First Vice-President, Taban Deng Gai on Thursday briefed President Salva Kiir on the full integration of the armed opposition (SPLA-IO) faction loyal to him into the South Sudan People’s (...)
UN boss denies links with South Sudanese rebels
Friday 4 April 2014
April 3, 2014 (JUBA) – The head of the United Nations mission in South Sudan on Thursday broke her silence, dismissing allegations that the world body supported the country’s rebels. The head of the UN mission in South Sudan Hilde (...)
S. Sudan army plans major offensives in Equatoria region: official
Wednesday 10 May 2017
May 9, 2017 (JUBA)- South Sudan army (SPLA) is planning a full-scale attack on positions held by rebel forces in the Greater Equatoria region, a senior government official told Sudan Tribune on Tuesday. Sudan Peoples Liberation Army (...)
South Sudan President sacks army chief of general staff
Wednesday 10 May 2017
May 9, 2017 (JUBA) - South Sudan President Salva Kiir has relieved the army chief of general staff, General Paul Malong Awan from his position. President Salva Kiir, (L), accompanied by army chief of staff Paul Malong Awan, (R), (...)
Sudan’s Bashir conducts major reshuffle in top army posts
Tuesday 2 June 2015
June 1, 2015 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir has relieved on Monday the military chief of staff and other senior officers hours before his swearing-in ceremony for a new term in office. Sudanese president (...)
South Sudan president pardons rebel army officers
Thursday 7 October 2010
October 6, 2010 (JUBA) – The President of the semi-autonomous Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), General Salva Kiir Mayardit, has issued an Executive Order, pardoning (...)
Ethiopia produces first military drone aircraft
Thursday 14 February 2013
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle February 14, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – An Ethiopian military source has told Sudan Tribune that the country has built the first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone which could be used for multiple purposes. A US (...)
BREAKING NEWS-SPLA minister killed in plane crash in South Sudan
Friday 2 May 2008
May 2, 2008 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) Affairs Minister Dominic Dim Deng and other 19 military officials have been killed as result of a plane crash between Wau and Juba, the Sudan Television reported today. (...)
NAS condemns killing of two Ugandans in Yei River state
Sunday 4 August 2019
August 3, 2019 (YEI) - The National Salvation Front (NAS) leadership has dismissed as untrue reports that its forces killed two Ugandan nationals in Longamere, an area south on Yei town last week Thomas Cirillo Swaka (Photo Reuters) (...)
South Sudan cabinet resolves to maintain security budget
Sunday 12 February 2012
By Julius N. Uma February 11, 2012 (JUBA) - As South Sudan prepares to announce much anticipated austerity measures, its council of ministers on Friday resolved to maintain the defense and interior ministry’s budgets, the government (...)

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