Organised crime and trafficking · criminal network turned SAF auxiliary · Sudan (Northern State; Sudan-Egypt-Libya tri-border)
Awlad Gumri ('Strategic Reconnaissance Battalion')
- Allied force or mobilisation network
- BGrade B: CorroboratedStrongest record: corroborated
- 2 documented ties · 1 step from the SAF
Also recorded as: Awlad Gammari; Awlad Qamari; أولاد قمري; Gumri Boys; Reconnaissance Battalion (Dongola sector)
Allied until November 2025, when the army fought and disarmed the group.
A family-based smuggling group that SAF armed and incorporated after April 2023 as a reconnaissance battalion attached to the Dongola operational sector to monitor desert routes (STPT; Sudan Tribune; Darfur24). Sudan Tribune: the group 'faces allegations of civilian violations at checkpoints, weapons and drug smuggling, and involvement in illegal gold mining operations, particularly in border triangle areas'. STPT: it 'continued its criminal activities - including drug trafficking, extortion, and highway robbery' while SAF-aligned, and later aligned with the Sudan Shield Forces on the Kordofan front. On 21-22 Nov 2025 the army clashed with the group in Dongola after it refused integration into the 75th Infantry Brigade; its commander (named by the Northern State Security Committee as Hussein Yahia Mohamed Juma Gammari) was injured, dozens were arrested and vehicles/weapons seized.
Their response
- Army/Northern State Security Committee: the commander 'refused to comply with the directives, showed insubordination' and wore an unauthorised rank; operation conducted 'with high professionalism'. No statement from the group located.
BGrade B: CorroboratedAwlad Gumri ('Strategic Reconnaissance Battalion')
2023-04 to 2025-11
A family-based smuggling group that SAF armed and incorporated after April 2023 as a reconnaissance battalion attached to the Dongola operational sector to monitor desert routes (STPT; Sudan Tribune; Darfur24). Sudan Tribune: the group 'faces allegations of civilian violations at checkpoints, weapons and drug smuggling, and involvement in illegal gold mining operations, particularly in border triangle areas'. STPT: it 'continued its criminal activities - including drug trafficking, extortion, and highway robbery' while SAF-aligned, and later aligned with the Sudan Shield Forces on the Kordofan front. On 21-22 Nov 2025 the army clashed with the group in Dongola after it refused integration into the 75th Infantry Brigade; its commander (named by the Northern State Security Committee as Hussein Yahia Mohamed Juma Gammari) was injured, dozens were arrested and vehicles/weapons seized.
- Response
- Army/Northern State Security Committee: the commander 'refused to comply with the directives, showed insubordination' and wore an unauthorised rank; operation conducted 'with high professionalism'. No statement from the group located.
- Sanctions
- None
1 more record below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.
Fighting forces · 2
2 more relationships below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.
Other recorded relations · 1
1 more relationship below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.
- Based in
- Sudan, Egypt, Libya
- Places
- Dongola, Northern State, Darfur
Connected to the SAF through official or corroborated records.