AGrade A: Official recordStrongest record: official record
1 documented tie · 1 step from the SAF
Also recorded as: Algeria (MiG-29 transfer claim)
Al-Quds Al-Arabi relays a Bulgarian Military website claim that Algeria might give surplus MiG-29s to the Sudanese air force. Explicitly unconfirmed.
Their response
'لم يتم تأكيده رسميًا بعد' – no official Algerian or Sudanese confirmation.
No Algerian or Sudanese official statement found in sources opened.
Records
3
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AGrade A: Official record
Arms-industry chief on Burhan's delegation to Algiers (28 January 2024)
2024-01-28
DIS's page reported that its director-general arrived in Algiers on 28 Jan 2024 'within the delegation accompanying' Burhan; the visit was 'to develop prospects for joint cooperation between the two countries in various fields'. The Algerian president 'affirmed his country's support for Sudan to achieve security and stability'.
Why this grade
Grade A is for the fact that the page announced this. The page was identified as official by its name and content; no verification badge was detected.
Response
No Algerian statement looked up.
›Research notes
Source alignment: official SAF-side channel. Grade applies to the fact that the announcement was made, not to its content. Presence only. It is the one official datum on Algeria in the dossier; the existing claims of Algerian supply stay at grade D.
Claim first circulated April 2024; repeated Sept 2024 and June 2026
Claimed (April 2024) to be preparing to donate surplus MiG-29 fighters to the Sudanese Air Force. No delivery is documented in any source opened.
Response
No Algerian or Sudanese official statement found in sources opened.
Sanctions
None
›Research notes
CONFIRMED IN SOURCES: the claim exists and traces to defence blogs ('Defense Arabic', Military Watch Magazine, 'reportedly set to donate'). NOT FOUND: any photograph, serial number, flight or official confirmation of delivery; SIPRI's Sudan register (first pass) shows no Algerian transfer; Comtrade returns no Algerian arms export row to Sudan for 2022-2025. A June 2026 Russian tech site still describes the transfer only as something 'foreign media reported' in April 2024. Treat as an unverified lead.
1 more relationship below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.
1 more relationship at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.
1 more relationship at grade D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.
Dated events
2
DIS director-general arrives in Algiers on Burhan's delegation. facebook.com↗
AGrade A: Official record
Military Watch Magazine reports Algeria is "reportedly set to donate" surplus MiG-29s to Sudan. No delivery documented since. militarywatchmagazine.com↗
DGrade D: Unverified lead
1 more event below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.
1 more event at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.
1 more event at grade D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.
Geography
Tags come from the recorded jurisdiction and from place names in the records. Coordinates on the map are approximate.
Based in
Algeria
Also named
Russia (1)
Position in the network
Derived by analysing the documented relationships. Nothing in this section is a finding.
Connected to the SAF only when unverified leads are counted.