The UAE Leaders is reportedly looking to restore its ties with General Burhan, following the Sudanese Armed Forces’ (#SAF) takeover of Khartoum in late March a move widely seen as the most significant setback yet for the #UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (#RSF), Africa Intelligence has revealed that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) declined to take part in a confidential meeting with UAE representatives on 12 May..
The UAE has laid out conditions for engaging in negotiations with Sudan, according to a source in the Transitional Sovereignty Council. The source said Abu Dhabi has conveyed its position through intermediaries, which they did not name, with two primary demands: restoring Emirati investments in Sudan and excluding Islamists from the country’s political landscape.
The Sudanese Military Leaders viewing Abu Dhabi’s pre-meeting demands as excessive after Drone attack at Port Sudan City, the UAE has intensified RSF drone strikes on Port Sudan and backed a counter-offensive in Kordofan, Rather than aiming for full control, Abu Dhabi now appears focused on securing parts to pressure the SAF back to the negotiating table.
Source confirm that On Sudan’s eastern coast, the military-led government in Port Sudan is swiftly moving to reshape the political landscape following the appointment of a new prime minister and the containment of a wave of drone strikes on the city as the war shifts from central Sudan to Kordofan, Still, the drone attacks that began on May 4 and hit both civilian and military targets in Port Sudan forced the military to relocate its warplanes to neighboring Eritrea, fearing further strikes, according to security sources who spoke to Mada Masr.
The move was followed by a visit to Port Sudan by a high-level Ethiopian intelligence delegation, during which concerns were raised about the growing rapprochement between Sudan and Eritrea — a development viewed with increasing unease in Addis Ababa amid rising tensions with Asmara over Ethiopia’s push for maritime access,Meanwhile, the military continues to bombard key RSF positions in Nyala, South Darfur — the paramilitary group’s main stronghold in the Darfur region.
The military continues to strike RSF positions in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur and the paramilitary group’s largest stronghold.
The RSF developed a military airbase and strategic cargo facilities at the Nyala International Airport earlier this year, a senior military officer previously told Mada Masr. RSF Deputy Commander Abdel Rahim Dagalo also moved the group’s command to Nyala and has been working to designate the city as the administrative capital for the paramilitary group, according to an RSF military source who spoke to Mada Masr in April. Dagalo is now present in the northern outskirts of the city, a local source said.
