Complicit Dossier

Command, allied forces and mobilisation · person (SAF commander-in-chief) · Sudan

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan

عبد الفتاح البرهان عبد الرحمن البرهان

  • Part of the SAF or state-controlled
  • Grade A: Official recordStrongest record: official record
  • Sanctioned byCAUS
  • 2 documented ties · 3 steps from the SAF

Also recorded as: BURHAN; Abdalftah Alburhan A Alrahman ALBURHAN; AL-BURHAN, Abdel Fattah; Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan; Abdelfattah Al-Burhan; Abdalftah; Abdalftah Alburhan A Alrahman Alburhan; Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan; …

OFAC release jy2789: commander of the SAF

Response

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Records

1

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Checked against the document

3

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Relationships

2

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Ownership and control · 2

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.

Weapons, sites and other subjects

1

Recorded links to things, places, events and authorities rather than to organisations or people.

  • From United States (OFAC)

    sanctioned; SAF 'routine and intentional denial of humanitarian access, using food deprivation as a war tactic' · 2025-01-16

    Grade A: Official record

Sanctions listings

1

  • United States (OFAC)16 Jan 2025OFAC SDN UID 52590

    ›Stated reason

    Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan (Burhan) is the commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). In October 2021, Burhan and RSF commander Hemedti co-led a military takeover that seized power from Sudan’s civilian-led transitional government. Since then, Burhan has opposed a return to civilian governance in Sudan and has refused to participate in international peace talks to end the fighting, choosing war over good-faith negotiation and de-escalation. Under Burhan’s leadership, the SAF’s war tactics have included indiscriminate bombing of civilian infrastructure, attacks on schools, markets, and hospitals, and extrajudicial executions. | Burhan is being designated pursuant to E.O. 14098, for being a foreign person who is or has been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of the board of directors of the SAF, an entity that has, or whose members have, engaged in actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, or stability of Sudan relating to the tenure of such leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of the board of directors. home.treasury.gov

Dated events

8

  1. DIS director-general arrives in Algiers on Burhan's delegation. facebook.com

    Grade A: Official record

  2. Baykar employee photographed with Burhan in Port Sudan; 9 Sep meeting records Sudanese offer of Abu Amama port and mining rights to Turkish firms. washingtonpost.com

    Grade C: Single source

  3. OFAC designates Burhan, Ahmad Abdalla and Portex Trade Limited; cites Iranian-made UAVs obtained from an Azerbaijani defense company. home.treasury.gov

    Grade A: Official record

  4. New York Times: four senior US officials say Sudan's military used chemical weapons at least twice bostonglobe.com

    Grade C: Single source

  5. President Isaias of Eritrea meets Burhan in Port Sudan and reiterates Eritrea's 'commitment to supporting Sudan' shabait.com

    Grade A: Official record

  6. Burhan arrives in Ankara accompanied by the DIS director-general and the intelligence director. facebook.com

    Grade A: Official record

  7. Reuters: Pakistan puts $1.5bn Sudan arms deal on hold after Saudi objection; Burhan meets MBS in Jeddah. al-monitor.com

    Grade B: Corroborated

  8. Burhan makes a working visit to Asmara, the second in seven weeks shabait.com

    Grade A: Official record

3 more events below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.

2 more events at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.

Geography

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Based in
Sudan
Also named
Canada (2)

Position in the network

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Still connected to the SAF when only official records are counted.

›Possible links to investigate · 12