00:00Sudan's Army Chief General Abdel Fattah Abduan has launched a sweeping military reorganization
00:06to tighten his grip on the armed forces amid ongoing conflict with the Rapid Support Forces
00:12RSF. A decree issued on August 18 consolidated control over all allied armed groups, including
00:20former Defoe rebels, tribal militias, Islamist brigades, and civilian defense volunteers,
00:27bringing them under formal army command. Bowen also made key leadership changes within the military
00:34appointing a new Inspector General and Air Force Chief, while retaining General Mohamed Othman
00:41al-Hussein as Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff. The move follows the retirement of senior officers
00:48and is seen as an effort to reinforce its control over central and eastern Sudan,
00:53even as fierce clashes continue in the West. Political figures have welcomed the reorganization
00:59saying it could block the emergence of rival military factions like the RSF, which originally
01:05formed from government-armed militias.
01:07and is the only one of the first two years.
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