Sudanese Armed Forces
| Sudanese Armed Forces |
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Insignia of the Sudanese Armed Forces
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| Founded | 1925 (as the Sudan Defence Force) |
| Service branches | Land Forces Navy (including Marines) Air ForcePopular Defence Forces Republican Guard |
| Headquarters | Khartoum |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-Chief | President Field Marshal Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir |
| Minister of Defense | Maj. Gen. ِِِAwad Ibn Oaf |
| Chief of General Staff | Lieutenant General. Mustafa Osman Obeid Salim |
| Manpower | |
| Military age | 18 |
| Active personnel | 109,300, with paramilitary forces of an estimated 17,500 |
| Reserve personnel | 85,000. |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | $4 Billion (2001 est.) |
| Percent of GDP | 3.0% (2005 est.) |
| Industry | |
| Domestic suppliers | Military Industry Corporation |
| Foreign suppliers |
 China Russia Ukraine Belarus Saudi Arabia North Korea Iran Pakistan Jordan United Arab Emirates Nicaragua Angola
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| History | |
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) are the armed forces of the Republic of Sudan. They number, according to 2011 IISS estimates, 109,300. They comprises Land Forces, a Navy, an Air Force, and the Popular Defence Forces. They also previously had Joint Integrated Units formed together with its rebel enemies the Sudan People's Liberation Army. The Armed Forces operate under the authority of the People's Armed Forces Act 1986. In 1991, the Library of Congress used the term 'Sudan People's Armed Forces' to refer to the entire armed forces, but by the late 2000s (decade), the 'Sudanese Armed Forces' term was most widespread. In 2004, the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress estimated that the Popular Defence Forces, the military wing of the National Islamic Front, consists of 10,000 active members, with 85,000 reserves. It has been deployed alongside regular army units against various rebel groups.
Sudan now receives most of its military equipment from the People's Republic of China and Russia. Sudan has a weapons production company called the Military Industry Corporation.
The origins of the Sudanese Army date to Sudanese soldiers recruited by the British during the reconquest of Sudan in 1898. Sudan officially became the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan in 1899. The highest-ranking British officer in Egypt, known as the Sirdar, also served as Governor General of the Sudan. In 1922, after nationalist riots stimulated by Egyptian leader Saad Zaghloul, Egypt was granted independence by the United Kingdom. The Egyptians wanted more oversight in the Sudan and created specialized units of Sudanese auxiliaries within the Egyptian Army called Al-Awtirah. This became the nucleus of the modern Sudanese Army.
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