{"id":52659,"date":"2025-01-17T06:45:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T06:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/sudan-s-army-chief-dismisses-u-s-sanctions-promises-rebel-defeat\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T06:51:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T06:51:17","slug":"sudan-s-army-chief-dismisses-u-s-sanctions-promises-rebel-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/sudan-s-army-chief-dismisses-u-s-sanctions-promises-rebel-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudan\u2019s Army Chief dismisses U.S. sanctions, promises rebel defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking to citizens and soldiers in Wad Madani, the capital of Gezira State, Al-Burhan emphasized the strength of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). He also rejected new U.S. sanctions saying his country would not be subjugated to external pressures.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The armed forces will defeat the rebel militia,&#8221; he declared, underscoring Sudan&#8217;s resistance to external interference, particularly the recent measures imposed by Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. sanctioned Al-Burhan on Thursday, citing the SAF&#8217;s alleged involvement in deadly attacks on civilians. <\/p>\n<p>This action followed similar sanctions on RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, who has been accused of atrocities, including genocide in Darfur.<\/p>\n<p>Wad Madani, previously under RSF control for over a year, was recaptured by the SAF on January 11. <\/p>\n<p>Al-Burhan\u2019s remarks came during his visit to the city, a significant milestone in the ongoing conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Since mid-April 2023, Sudan has endured a brutal war between the SAF and the RSF, resulting in nearly 30,000 deaths and the displacement of about 15 million people, according to international organizations.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-80368\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/arton48007.jpg\" alt=\"The fighting in Sudan erupted on April 15.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudan&#8217;s army chief, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, on Thursday, reaffirmed the military&#8217;s commitment to defeating the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) despite mounting external pressures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000080367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000080367,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton48007-3.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton48007-3.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton48007-3.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton48007-3.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton48007-3.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton48007-3.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000080367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52659"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=52659"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=52659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}