Complicit Dossier

Command, allied forces and mobilisation · armed movement · Sudan (east) – based/trained in Eritrea

Eastern Sudan Liberation Forces

قوات تحرير شرق السودان – إبراهيم دنيا

  • Reported or alleged link, not established
  • Grade C: Single sourceStrongest record: single source
  • 1 documented tie · 2 steps from the SAF

Atar reports the movement held its first conference under full Eritrean sponsorship in May 2024 and has about 2,000 fighters; AJ Centre lists it as Eritrea-backed and army-aligned, though Atar says it later declared equidistance between SAF and RSF.

Their response

  • Movement stated it would 'الوقوف على مسافة واحدة من القوات المسلحة السودانية وقوات الدعم السريع' – i.e. alignment with SAF is contested.

Records

1

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Grade C: Single source

Eastern Sudan Liberation Forces – leader Ibrahim Dunya

Atar reports the movement held its first conference under full Eritrean sponsorship in May 2024 and has about 2,000 fighters; AJ Centre lists it as Eritrea-backed and army-aligned, though Atar says it later declared equidistance between SAF and RSF.

Response
Movement stated it would 'الوقوف على مسافة واحدة من القوات المسلحة السودانية وقوات الدعم السريع' – i.e. alignment with SAF is contested.
Source
independent Sudanese magazine
  1. 1Atar (أتر) · atarnetwork.com · date not captured (2024)

NamesEritrea

1 more record below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

1 more record at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

Relationships

1

← means the other party acts on this one; → means this one acts on the other.

Fighting forces · 1

  • From Eritrea

    training camp in Gash-Barka (Radio Dabanga, citing military sources); first conference held under Eritrean sponsorship (Atar) · Jan 2024; May 2024

    Grade B: Corroborated

1 more relationship below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

Geography

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Based in
Sudan, Eritrea

Position in the network

Derived by analysing the documented relationships. Nothing in this section is a finding.

Connected to the SAF through official or corroborated records.