DefenceTalkMore than 50,000 fighters including former rebels from rival camps in South Sudan’s civil war were set to be integrated into the country’s army in a long-overdue graduation ceremony on Tuesday. The unification of forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and his rival, Vice President Riek Machar, was a key condition of the 2018 peace […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-sudans-ex-rebels-set-to-join-unified-army-79249/

DefenceTalkA US warship docked in Sudan Monday a day after a Russian frigate arrived in the same key Red Sea port where Moscow is planning to establish a naval logistics base, an AFP correspondent said. The arrival of the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill to Port Sudan follows Washington’s delisting of Khartoum as state […]

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkRussia plans to build a naval base on Sudan’s Red Sea coast to resupply its fleet, according to a draft agreement with Khartoum signed off by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. The planned deal, published on the Russian government’s website Wednesday, outlines a “logistical support centre” to be set up in Sudan where “repairs and resupply […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-plans-naval-base-in-sudan-76544/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkSudan is celebrating a landmark agreement to end decades of war, but the first step to turn promises on paper into peace is also one of the most explosive — disarmament. Collecting weapons in a country left awash with guns after years of conflict in which hundreds of thousands died is one of most delicate […]https://www.defencetalk.com/after-sudans-peace-deal-the-hard-task-begins-of-gathering-the-guns-76440/

DefenceTalkSouth Sudan is the world’s youngest country and also one of the poorest, crippled by a devastating civil war that has left tens of thousands dead. As rebel leader Riek Machar is sworn in as vice president ahead of the formation of a new national unity government on Saturday, here is some background. World’s youngest […]https://www.defencetalk.com/war-ravaged-south-sudan-at-a-glance-74223/

DefenceTalkSudan said Sunday it will begin this week a joint air force drill with Saudi Arabia, the first such manoeuvres since Khartoum allied with Riyadh after breaking ties with Tehran in 2015. The exercises will be held from March 29 until April 12 in Meroe, north of Khartoum, and will involve hundreds of air force […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sudan-saudi-to-hold-first-joint-air-force-drill-69607/

DefenceTalkWASHINGTON: Four U.S. service members were injured today when their aircraft came under ground fire in South Sudan during a mission to evacuate American citizens in Bor, according to a statement issued by U.S. Africa Command. The updated Africom statement reads as follows: “At the request of the Department of State, the United States Africa […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ground-fire-injures-4-us-troops-in-south-sudan-49980/

DefenceTalkThe navies of Sudan and Saudi Arabia have launched their first joint military exercises in the Red Sea, the official SUNA news agency reported on Sunday. The training is to run until Wednesday and focus on anti-smuggling operations and “boosting security and stability”, SUNA quoted Sudan’s military spokesman Sawarmi Khaled Saad as saying. Two Saudi […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sudan-saudi-navies-in-first-exercises-media-46861/