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Sudanese army soldiers were killed and nine wounded in a clash on April 11, 1999 with rebels
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724:Lieutenant General Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein
1077:"Military Coup in Sudan Ousts Civilian Regime"
985:"Example of Section Blog layout (FAQ section)"
554:Major General A.H. / Othman Abdullah Muhammad
1104:"SCIO Sudan Monthly Report Mar 1999 - Sudan"
109:U.S. personnel met Defence Minister General
102:, resulting in the brutal crackdown seen on
610:Brigadier (later Staff Lieutenant General)
910:. Cambridge University Press. p. 98.
1053:. James Currey Publishers. p. 225.
1051:The Sudan: Contested National Identities
954:Sudan, a country study. Vol. 550, no. 27
497:party before he was retired by Nimeiri.
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179:Ministers of Defence have included:
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223:3 February 1956 โ 17 November 1958
207:17 November 1955 โ 2 February 1956
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627:Staff General Hassan Abdel-Rahman
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479:General Abdul Majid Hamid Khalil
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57:, served as Minister of Defence.
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395:Major General Jaafar Nimeiri
169:Transitional Military Council
1075:Cowell, Alan (1 July 1989).
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740:Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein
587:15 May 1988 โ 25 April 1989
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421:, it was disclosed that the
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16:Government ministry in Sudan
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672:Abdul Rahman Sirr al Khatim
612:Omar Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir
557:22 April 1985 โ 3 May 1986
419:U.S. diplomatic cables leak
366:Brigadier Omar Hajj Moussa
356:25 May 1969 โ 19 June 1969
340:27 May 1968 to 25 May 1969
327:16 July 1967 โ 26 May 1968
159:Since the accession of the
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676:7 July 1999 โ 7 July 2000
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520:Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab
485:Formerly commander of the
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128:carrying Abdul Majid from
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907:A History of Modern Sudan
756:Mustafa Osman Obeid Salim
747:Promoted to full general
670:Staff Lieutenant General
640:Staff Lieutenant General
584:Abdul Majid Hamed Khalil
573:4 May 1986 โ 14 May 1988
337:Mohamed Ahmed Al-Mahjoub
272:8 June 1965 โ 5 May 1966
252:Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa
84:1969 Sudanese coup d'รฉtat
974:Country Study 1982, 266.
495:Sudanese Socialist Union
142:Sudanese Socialist Union
111:Abdul Majid Hamid Khalil
797:April โ September 2019
642:Ibrahim Suleiman Hassan
466:General Jaafar Nimeiri
126:Lockheed C-130 Hercules
121:on 16 November 1988, a
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962:Department of the Army
831:2 June 2020 โ present
297:Abdullah Abdul Rahman
165:Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
427:Sudanese Armed Forces
268:Mohamed Ahmed Mahgoub
167:, former head of the
82:came to power in the
36:Sudanese Armed Forces
964:. pp. 260, 266.
491:First Vice President
175:Ministers of Defence
138:First Vice President
46:After independence,
654:Africa Confidential
518:Lieutenant General
408:Lieutenant General
381:Khalid Hassan Abbas
310:Ahmed Abdel Rahman
156:held the position.
88:Khalid Hassan Abbas
55:National Umma Party
53:, secretary of the
21:Ministry of Defence
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1082:The New York Times
780:Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf
769:Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf
696:Bakri Hassan Saleh
452:Bashir Mohamed Ali
154:Bashir Mohamed Ali
123:Sudanese Air Force
62:President of Sudan
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885:on 12 August 2018
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1237:28 October
1009:Note that
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841:References
650:June 1999
487:Port Sudan
234:Brigadier
104:Aba Island
29:government
1257:Aljazeera
1142:1352-0393
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226:Civilian
210:Civilian
96:communist
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1192:Ynetnews
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989:Archived
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794:Unknown
738:General
450:General
350:Colonel
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