I wouldn't trust CNN to know anything about Sudan, let alone it's existence.

Some high level review of Sudan, and how it relates to Russia.

Since it's independence in the 1950s, Sudan has had less than 10 combined years of an operational civilian government. Sudan has been ruled by military dictatorships for the majority of it's recent history, and each of those dictatorships find themselves a victim of a coup at some point or another. The latest round of drama began roughly 2019 when former leader and military strongman Omar al-Bashir was ousted in a widespread civil disobedience campaign that refused to acknowledge Bashir's rule. al-Bashir acquiesced and a civilian government was formed that shared power agreement between the military and newly reinstated civilian government.

However, in 2021 another coup was staged, this time headed by military man turned statesman Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan (al-Burhan from here) and RSF militia leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Dagalo from here). Both men supported each other after the coup, however the alliance is becoming a bit tense as al-Burhan seeks to integrate the RSF into the formal military structure of Sudan.

The RSF is essentially a civilian militia with a command structure that mirrors the SAF. The RSF was built to insulate the head of the Sudanese state from coups that occurred from within the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and has always enjoyed preferential treatment compared to the SAF, and in many cases the RSF acts as the Head of State's personal army. More so than the actual Sudanese army, which suffers from multiple strong internal divisions, vacuums of power, and has been the origin of multiple past coups.

What's happening in Sudan now is that the RSF has multiple reservations being subsumed into the SAF and losing it's preferential treatment, so much so that Dagalo has openly disengaged his support from al-Burhan and started to seek an alliance with Abdalla Hamdok Al-Kinani (Hamdok from here), the previously deposed Sudanese Prime Minister. Pretty much plunging the country into another Civil War.

Where does Russia fit into this? Well, they support pretty much all belligerents in this fight. Sudan, for years, has acquired pretty much all of their weapon's systems from Russia (premiere arms wholesaler for the impoverished world). Further Russia's Wagner group has close ties to the RSF. Russia also has ties to both the Civilian government and al-Burhan, having used the quick snippets of peace and calm in Sudan to negotiate a Naval Base.

The infighting will certainly slow down Russia's interest in a Naval Base for now, as any materials for it's construction will have to be imported until the fighting dies down. So I doubt Russia had a direct hand in stirring shit. I wouldn't put it past the Egyptians and Americans however. America's interested in disrupting all things Russian, and Sudan really doesn't need any help to turn into a shit show. Egypt likes a chaotic Sudan, because a disorganized Sudan can't build more dams on the Nile. And with Egypt's population centers well away from anything Sudanese, they feel pretty comfortable watching the fireworks south of their border.

To quickly sum it up: Sudan is a shit show on a good day. Russia is probably not involved and slightly bit annoyed that their Arabian naval plans will be set back a few years. America's involved insofar that Russia doesn't benefit from the chaos. Egypt's loving it, as long as nothing happens to "their river".

I wouldn't trust CNN to know anything about Sudan, let alone it's existence.

Some high level review of Sudan, and how it relates to Russia.

Since it's independence in the 1950s, Sudan has had less than 10 combined years of an operational civilian government. Sudan has been ruled by military dictatorships for the majority of it's recent history, and each of those dictatorships find themselves a victim of a coup at some point or another. The latest round of drama began roughly 2019 when former leader and military strongman Omar al-Bashir was ousted in a widespread civil disobedience campaign that refused to acknowledge Bashir's rule. al-Bashir acquiesced and a civilian government was formed that shared power agreement between the military and newly reinstated civilian government.

However, in 2021 another coup was staged, this time headed by military man turned statesman Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan (al-Burhan from here) and RSF militia leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Dagalo from here). Both men supported each other after the coup, however the alliance is becoming a bit tense as al-Burhan seeks to integrate the RSF into the formal military structure of Sudan.

The RSF is essentially a civilian militia with a command structure that mirrors the SAF. The RSF was built to insulate the head of the Sudanese state from coups that occurred from within the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and has always enjoyed preferential treatment compared to the SAF, and in many cases the RSF acts as the Head of State's personal army. More so than the actual Sudanese army, which suffers from multiple strong internal divisions, vacuums of power, and has been the origin of multiple past coups.

What's happening in Sudan now is that the RSF has multiple reservations being subsumed into the SAF and losing it's preferential treatment, so much so that Dagalo has openly disengaged his support from al-Burhan and started to seek an alliance with Abdalla Hamdok Al-Kinani (Hamdok from here), the previously deposed Sudanese Prime Minister. Pretty much plunging the country into another Civil War.

Where does Russia fit into this? Well, they support pretty much all belligerents in this fight. Sudan, for years, has acquired pretty much all of their weapon's systems from Russia (premiere arms wholesaler for the impoverished world). Further Russia's Wagner group has close ties to the RSF. Russia also has ties to both the Civilian government and al-Burhan, having used the quick snippets of peace and calm in Sudan to negotiate a Naval Base.

The infighting will certainly slow down Russia's interest in a Naval Base for now, as any materials for it's construction will have to be imported until the fighting dies down. So I doubt Russia had a direct hand in stirring shit. I wouldn't put it past the Egyptians and Americans however. America's interested in disrupting all things Russian, and Sudan really doesn't need any help to turn into a shit show. Egypt likes a chaotic Sudan, because a disorganized Sudan can't build more dams on the Nile. And with Egypt's population centers well away from anything Sudanese, they feel pretty comfortable watching the fireworks south of their border.

To quickly sum it up: Sudan is a shit show on a good day. Russia is probably not involved and slightly bit annoyed that their Arabian naval plans will be set back a few years. America's involved insofar that Russia doesn't benefit from the chaos. Egypt's loving it, as long as nothing happening to "their river".

I wouldn't trust CNN to know anything about Sudan, let alone it's existence.

Some high level review of Sudan, and how it relates to Russia.

Since it's independence in the 1950s, Sudan has had less than 10 combined years of an operational civilian government. Sudan has been ruled by military dictatorships for the majority of it's recent history, and each of those dictatorships find themselves a victim of a coup at some point or another. The latest round of drama began roughly 2019 when former leader and military strongman Omar al-Bashir was ousted in a widespread civil disobedience campaign that refused to acknowledge Bashir's rule. al-Bashir acquiesced and a civilian government was formed that shared power agreement between the military and newly reinstated civilian government.

However, in 2021 another coup was staged, this time headed by military man turned statesman Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan (al-Burhan from here) and RSF militia leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Dagalo from here). Both men supported each other after the coup, however the alliance is becoming a bit tense as al-Burhan seeks to integrate the RSF into the formal military structure of Sudan.

The RSF is essentially a civilian militia with a command structure that mirrors the SAF. The RSF was built to insulate the head of the Sudanese state from coups that occurred from within the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and has always enjoyed preferential treatment compared to the SAF, and in many cases acts as the Head of State's personal army, more so than the actual Sudanese army, which suffers from multiple strong internal divisions, vacuums of power, and has been the origin of multiple past coups.

What's happening in Sudan now is that the RSF has multiple reservations being subsumed into the SAF and losing it's preferential treatment, so much so that Dagalo has openly disengaged his support from al-Burhan and started to seek an alliance with Abdalla Hamdok Al-Kinani (Hamdok from here), the previously deposed Sudanese Prime Minister. Pretty much plunging the country into another Civil War.

Where does Russia fit into this? Well, they support pretty much all belligerents in this fight. Sudan, for years, has acquired pretty much all of their weapon's systems from Russia (premiere arms wholesaler for the impoverished world). Further Russia's Wagner group has close ties to the RSF. Russia also has ties to both the Civilian government and al-Burhan, having used the quick snippets of peace and calm in Sudan to negotiate a Naval Base.

The infighting will certainly slow down Russia's interest in a Naval Base for now, as any materials for it's construction will have to be imported until the fighting dies down. So I doubt Russia had a direct hand in stirring shit. I wouldn't put it past the Egyptians and Americans however. America's interested in disrupting all things Russian, and Sudan really doesn't need any help to turn into a shit show. Egypt likes a chaotic Sudan, because a disorganized Sudan can't build more dams on the Nile. And with Egypt's population centers well away from anything Sudanese, they feel pretty comfortable watching the fireworks south of their border.

To quickly sum it up: Sudan is a shit show on a good day. Russia is probably not involved and slightly bit annoyed that their Arabian naval plans will be set back a few years. America's involved insofar that Russia doesn't benefit from the chaos. Egypt's loving it, as long as nothing happening to "their river".

I wouldn't trust CNN to know anything about Sudan, let alone it's existence.

Some high level review of Sudan, and how it relates to Russia.

Since it's independence in the 1950s, Sudan has had less than 10 combined years of an operational civilian government. Sudan has been ruled by military dictatorships for the majority of it's recent history, and each of those dictatorships find themselves a victim of a coup at some point or another. The latest round of drama began roughly 2019 when former leader and military strongman Omar al-Bashir was ousted in a widespread civil disobedience campaign that refused to acknowledge Bashir's rule. al-Bashir acquiesced and a civilian government was formed that shared power agreement between the military and newly reinstated civilian government.

However, in 2021 another coup was staged, this time headed by military man turned statesman Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan (al-Burhan from here) and RSF militia leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Dagalo from here). Both men supported each other after the coup, however the alliance is becoming a bit tense as al-Burhan seeks to integrate the RSF into the formal military structure of Sudan.

The RSF is essentially a civilian militia with a command structure that mirrors the SAF. The RSF was built to insulate Sudanese military leaders from coups that occurred from within the military, and has always enjoyed preferential treatment compared to the SAF, and in many cases acts as the Head of State's personal army, more so than the actual Sudanese army, which suffers from multiple strong internal divisions and vacuums of power and is in control of the chief of the military.

What's happening in Sudan now is that the RSF has multiple reservations being subsumed into the SAF and losing it's preferential treatment, so much so that Dagalo has openly disengaged his support from al-Burhan and started to seek an alliance with Abdalla Hamdok Al-Kinani (Hamdok from here), the previously deposed Sudanese Prime Minister. Pretty much plunging the country into another Civil War.

Where does Russia fit into this? Well, they support pretty much all belligerents in this fight. Sudan, for years, has acquired pretty much all of their weapon's systems from Russia (premiere arms wholesaler for the impoverished world). Further Russia's Wagner group has close ties to the RSF. Russia also has ties to both the Civilian government and al-Burhan, having used the quick snippets of peace and calm in Sudan to negotiate a Naval Base.

The infighting will certainly slow down Russia's interest in a Naval Base for now, as any materials for it's construction will have to be imported until the fighting dies down. So I doubt Russia had a direct hand in stirring shit. I wouldn't put it past the Egyptians and Americans however. America's interested in disrupting all things Russian, and Sudan really doesn't need any help to turn into a shit show. Egypt likes a chaotic Sudan, because a disorganized Sudan can't build more dams on the Nile. And with Egypt's population centers well away from anything Sudanese, they feel pretty comfortable watching the fireworks south of their border.

To quickly sum it up: Sudan is a shit show on a good day. Russia is probably not involved and slightly bit annoyed that their Arabian naval plans will be set back a few years. America's involved insofar that Russia doesn't benefit from the chaos. Egypt's loving it, as long as nothing happening to "their river".

I wouldn't trust CNN to know anything about Sudan, let alone it's existence.

Some high level review of Sudan, and how it relates to Russia.

Since it's independence in the 1950s, Sudan has had less than 10 combined years of an operational civilian government. Sudan has been ruled by military dictatorships for the majority of it's recent history, and each of those dictatorships find themselves a victim of a coup at some point or another. The latest round of drama began roughly 2019 when former leader and military strongman Omar al-Bashir was ousted in a widespread civil disobedience campaign that refused to acknowledge Bashir's rule. al-Bashir acquiesced and a civilian government was formed that shared power agreement between the military and newly reinstated civilian government.

However, in 2021 another coup was staged, this time headed by military man turned statesman Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan (al-Burhan from here) and RSF militia leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Dagalo from here). Both men supported each other after the coup, however the alliance is becoming a bit tense as al-Burhan seeks to integrate the RSF into the formal military structure of Sudan.

The RSF is essentially a civilian militia with a command structure that mirrors the SAF. The RSF was built to insulate Sudanese military leaders from coups that occurred from within the military, and has always enjoyed preferential treatment compared to the SAF, and in many cases acts as the military leadership's personal army, more so than the actual Sudanese army, which suffers from multiple strong internal divisions and vacuums of power.

What's happening in Sudan now is that the RSF has multiple reservations being subsumed into the SAF and losing it's preferential treatment, so much so that Dagalo has openly disengaged his support from al-Burhan and started to seek an alliance with Abdalla Hamdok Al-Kinani (Hamdok from here), the previously deposed Sudanese Prime Minister. Pretty much plunging the country into another Civil War.

Where does Russia fit into this? Well, they support pretty much all belligerents in this fight. Sudan, for years, has acquired pretty much all of their weapon's systems from Russia (premiere arms wholesaler for the impoverished world). Further Russia's Wagner group has close ties to the RSF. Russia also has ties to both the Civilian government and al-Burhan, having used the quick snippets of peace and calm in Sudan to negotiate a Naval Base.

The infighting will certainly slow down Russia's interest in a Naval Base for now, as any materials for it's construction will have to be imported until the fighting does down. So I doubt Russia had a direct hand in stirring shit. I wouldn't put it past the Egyptians and Americans however. America's interested in disrupting all things Russian, and Sudan really doesn't need any help to turn into a shit show. Egypt likes a chaotic Sudan, because a disorganized Sudan can't build more dams on the Nile. And with Egypt's population centers well away from anything Sudanese, they feel pretty comfortable watching the fireworks south of their border.

To quickly sum it up: Sudan is a shit show on a good day. Russia is probably not involved and slightly bit annoyed that their Arabian naval plans will be set back a few years. America's involved insofar that Russia doesn't benefit from the chaos. Egypt's loving it, as long as nothing happening to "their river".