Sudanese Armed Forces

Sudanese Armed Forces
Sudanese Armed Forces
القوات المسلحة السودانية
	Insignia of the Sudanese Armed Forces
Founded	1925 (as Sudan Defence Forces)
Current form	1956
Service branches	Sudanese Army; Sudanese Navy; Sudanese Air Force; Republican Guard
Headquarters	Khartoum
Leadership
Supreme Commander	Transitional Sovereignty Council
Commander-in-Chief	General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
Minister of Defence	Yassin Ibrahim
Chief of Staff	Muhammad Othman al-Hussein
Personnel
Military age	18
Active personnel	300,000
Reserve personnel	200,000
Expenditure
Budget	$2.47 Billion (2017 est.)
Percent of GDP	1.0% (2017 est.)
Industry
Domestic suppliers	Military Industry Corporation
Foreign suppliers	China; Czech Republic; Iran; North Korea; Russia; Turkey
Related articles
History	Military history of Sudan South Sudanese wars of independence; First Sudanese Civil War; Arab Deterrent Force; Iran–Iraq War; Second Sudanese Civil War; War in Darfur; Battle of Malakal; Invasion of Anjouan; Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile; Heglig Crisis; Intervention in Yemen; 2019 Sudanese coup d'état; Al-Fashaga conflict; 2021 Sudanese coup d'état; War in Sudan (2023);
Ranks	Military ranks of Sudan

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF; Arabic: القوات المسلحة السودانية, romanized: Al-Quwwat al-Musallaha as-Sudaniyah) are the military forces of the Republic of the Sudan. The force strength has been estimated at 109,300 personnel in 2011 (by IISS), 200,000 personnel before the current war in Sudan broke out in 2023 (by the CIA), and 300,000 personnel in 2024 (by Al Jazeera).

In 2016–2017, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had 40,000 members participating in the Yemeni Civil War (of which 10,000 returned to Sudan by October 2019). As of 2025, the SAF and RSF remain in armed conflict against one other in the ongoing civil war in Sudan.