Sudan's Burhan shakes up army, tightens control


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  • Tuesday, 19 Aug 2025

Sudan army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan attends former UN official Kamil Idris swearing-in ceremony, as Sudan's new prime minister, in Port Sudan, Sudan, May 31, 2025. Sudan Transitional Sovereignty Council/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

CAIRO (Reuters) -Sudan's army chief appointed a raft of new senior officers on Monday in a reshuffle that strengthened his hold on the military as he consolidates control of central and eastern regions and fights fierce battles in the west.

Sudan's army, which controls the government, is fighting a more than two-year civil war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, its former partners in power, that has created the world's largest humanitarian crisis.

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