Nyala, July 20 (Darfur24) The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have arrested Major General Al-Jazouli Al-Tahir, commander of the Rahad Al-Bardi and Um Dafuq sector in South Darfur State, over allegations that he supported and harbored an armed group operating in the Central African Republic (CAR), multiple sources told Darf…
Nyala, April 24 (Darfur24) The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced on Thursday that a field court had sentenced Major General Al-Nour Ahmed Adam, known as “Al-Nour Al-Qubba,” to death in absentia, after stripping him of his rank and dismissing him from service over serious military charges. According to the ruling,أك…
El Fasher, April 20 (Darfur24) The Sudanese Revolutionary Awakening Council announced on Sunday that Major General Al-Nur Ahmed Adam, known as “Al-Qubba,” has arrived in regions controlled by the Sudanese armed forces after defecting from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In a statement seen by Darfur24, the council sai…
Khartoum, April 11 (Darfur24) A senior commander in the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has defected and joined the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), leading a convoy of combat vehicles, in a development that may signal growing internal fractures within the paramilitary group. Sources told Darfur24 that Brigadier General Al-Nur…
TIMEP Brief: Law Governing the Treatment of Certain Senior Commanders of the Armed Forces The law empowers the president to designate a group of high-ranking military officers with lifelong reserve status, granting them the benefits and rights afforded to a sitting minister, and any other rights decreed by the preside…
The Shilluk militia in Upper Nile State known as Agwelek, which is designated as a division of SPLA-IO in the state, have complained of “alarming” SPLA troop movements, fearing possible attack. Agwelek forces control most of the west bank of the Nile in the state under the command of General Johnson Olony, since his d…
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Friday the appointment of Lieutenant General Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki of Kenya as the Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS). He will replace Lieutenant General Yohannes Gebremeskel Tesfamariam of Ethiopia,…
General Gabriel Gatwech Chan, a commander popularly known as “Tang-Ginye,” says he does not expect the agreement signed by SPLM-IO leader Riek Machar to lead to peace in South Sudan. In remarks critical of Machar on Sunday, Tang-Ginye warned of the possibility of renewed conflict because of the inadequacy of the peace…
Company and government documents obtained by Radio Tamazuj indicate that a top SPLA general used his position to secure a loan of hundreds of thousands of pounds from an SPLA finance officer for his company Africana Iwire. Maj-Gen. Johnson Juma (“JJ”) Okot has since been removed from his post as Division 6 commander a…
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has appointed Major General Hassen Ebrahim Mussa of Ethiopia as Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), the UN announced. Maj Gen Mussa succeeds Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Birhanu Jula Gelalcha also of Ethiopia, who will complete his …