Procurement and supply networks · military procurement body · Sudan
SAF Armament Committee (as named by UAE prosecutors)
لجنة التسليح في القوات المسلحة السودانية / صلاح قوش
- Reported or alleged link, not established
- CGrade C: Single sourceStrongest record: single source
- 3 documented ties · 4 steps from the SAF
Also recorded as: SAF Armament Committee / Salah Gosh network (UAE prosecution claim); لجنة التسليح في القوات المسلحة السودانية; لجنة التسليح في سلطة بورتسودان; SAF Armament Committee ('armament committee of the Port Sudan Authority')
Rests on UAE prosecution statements carried by UAE state media. The UAE is aligned against the SAF in this conflict. The army called the April 2025 announcement "a new lie". No verdict found.
UAE authorities announced (30 Apr 2025) that they foiled an attempt to pass about 5 million rounds of 7.62x54 ammunition to the Sudanese army via a private aircraft; they allege former intelligence chief Salah Gosh ran the trafficking, that the deals were requested by SAF's armament committee chaired by Burhan with Yasir al-Atta as deputy, and that intermediaries took $2.6m as a price differential. In April 2026 the UAE Attorney-General referred defendants and six companies to the State Security court (Al Khaleej headline; page not opened).
Their response
- No Sudanese response in the articles read – a Sudanese government reaction should be located and recorded before publication.
- SAF spokesman called the April 2025 claim 'a new lie' (Sudan Tribune, 30 Apr 2025). No response to the 2026 referral found.
CGrade C: Single sourceSAF Armament Committee / Salah Gosh network (UAE prosecution claim)
UAE authorities announced (30 Apr 2025) that they foiled an attempt to pass about 5 million rounds of 7.62x54 ammunition to the Sudanese army via a private aircraft; they allege former intelligence chief Salah Gosh ran the trafficking, that the deals were requested by SAF's armament committee chaired by Burhan with Yasir al-Atta as deputy, and that intermediaries took $2.6m as a price differential. In April 2026 the UAE Attorney-General referred defendants and six companies to the State Security court (Al Khaleej headline; page not opened).
- Why this grade
- Regraded from A: UAE prosecution allegation relayed by the press.
- Response
- No Sudanese response in the articles read – a Sudanese government reaction should be located and recorded before publication.
- Source
- Lebanese daily; underlying source is the UAE Public Prosecution – an official source, but the UAE is an interested party (accused by Sudan, UN experts and others of backing the RSF)
Named by UAE prosecutors as the body that requested the two ammunition deals, 'chaired by Abdel Fattah Al Burhan and his deputy Yasser Al Atta, with their full knowledge and approval' (April 2025 statement). No Sudanese official document describing this committee was found in this pass.
- Response
- SAF spokesman called the April 2025 claim 'a new lie' (Sudan Tribune, 30 Apr 2025). No response to the 2026 referral found.
- Sanctions
- Burhan: US OFAC SDN, E.O. 14098, 16 Jan 2025 (first-pass sanctions thread). Committee itself not listed.
›Research notes
UAE state or UAE-based media relaying the UAE Public Prosecution. The UAE is a party-aligned source (accused by Sudan, UN experts and others of arming the RSF); graded no higher than C. The first-pass brief mentioned 'DIS/SAF committees': none of the reports read attributes a role to the Defense Industries System by name. The DIS link is indirect, through Portex Trade Limited, which the US and UK describe as DIS-associated.
2 more records below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.
2 more records at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.
Ownership and control · 2
2 more relationships below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.
2 more relationships at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.
Arms and supply · 1
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.
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To UAE State Security prosecution: 'Sudan military materiel case' (alleged ammunition trafficking for the Port Sudan authority)
alleged commissioning body (UAE prosecution claim) · 2024-2025
- Based in
- Sudan
- Also named
- United Arab Emirates (8)
- Places
- Port Sudan
Connected to the SAF only when single-source claims are counted.
›Possible links to investigate · 6