Russian private military contractors taken part forcibly disperse anti-government demonstrators in Khartoum, Sudan. Soldiers from Russian private military company Wagner (a mercenary outfit highly active in the Syrian and Ukrainian conflicts) were spotted during anti-government demonstrators in the capital and largest city of Sudan – Khartoum. An image of Russian military contractors wearing green camouflage […]

On 3 October, two military transport planes collided at Khartoum Airport in Sudan, said aviation blogger Vitaliy Trubnykov. Blogger published photos on Facebook showing an Antonov An-32 and an Antonov An-26 military transport aircraft which collided at Khartoum Airport (KRT). According to the Sudanian media, two military transport aircraft, reportedly both military, have collided on the ground at Khartoum […]

The Sudanese Air Force has signed a contract with Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corporation (GAIC) to acquire the Chinese manufacturer’s FTC-2000 trainer aircraft. No contract value was disclosed. According to East Pendulum, Sudan has ordered six FTC-2000 trainer aircraft from China. In addition, Nigeria has also will seek to purchase new Chinese training aircraft. The FTC-2000 […]

The Mi-35P attack helicopter of Sudanese Air Force was spotted in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Russian Helicopters won a contract for the repair of undisclosed number of attack helicopters  for Sudanese Air Force. Work on the first helicopters is being completed by  419 Aircraft Repair Plant in St. Petersburg. ARP 419 specialises in overhauling all Mi-8/17-series military-transport helicopters, Mi-24 combat helicopters, […]

A 400-strong Sudanese force arrived in Yemen’s port city Aden Monday in support of pro-government forces preparing to confront a possible new offensive by rebels on the country’s south. Yemen’s loyalist forces, backed by Saudi-led coalition strikes, supplies and troops, pushed the rebels out of Aden as part of an operation launched in July to […]

Troops from Sudan join Saudi-led campaign in Yemen

Hundreds of Sudanese troops arrived in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on Saturday, the first batch of an expected 10,000 reinforcements for the Saudi-led coalition fighting the country’s Shiite Houthi rebels, security officials said. The troops’ mission is to secure Aden, which has seen an uptick in drive-by shootings of pro-government troop leaders and […]

Photo of Sudan armored vehicles at IDEX 2015