State-owned and co-opted commercial entities · military fund · Sudan
Special Fund for the Social Security of the Armed Forces (SFSSAF)
Part of the SAF or state-controlled
AGrade A: Official recordStrongest record: official record
8 documented ties · 1 step from the SAF
Also recorded as: National Economic Authority (former); Charitable Organisation/Authority for the Support of the Armed Forces (CASAF); الهيئة الاقتصادية الوطنية
Holding vehicle through which SAF controls Zadna and Omdurman National Bank (EU; C4ADS).
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Records
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AGrade A: Official record
Special Fund for the Social Security of the Armed Forces (SFSSAF)
Holding vehicle through which SAF controls Zadna and Omdurman National Bank (EU; C4ADS).
Formerly the National Economic Authority; absorbed the dissolved charitable authority; 2026 partnership with the state sugar company
2014 - August 2026
C4ADS: the 'SAF-directed National Economic Authority (later known as the SFSSAF)' held 7.31% of Omdurman National Bank from at least 2014, and the funds of the Charitable Authority for the Support of the Armed Forces, dissolved in 2019, 'were allocated to' the SFSSAF, which 'now controls ONB ... and Zadna'. In the Ministry of Finance inventory the National Economic Authority holds 99.9% of Shining Transport and Investment, 40% of Bechair Energy Services (reg. 14141; Ministry of Oil 60%) and 14.93% of Samitx for Fabric and Investment (reg. 3765). On 2 August 2026 the fund's secretary-general, General Khalid Al-Shami, met the Minister of Industry and Trade in Khartoum; they 'discussed establishing a partnership between the Social Security Fund and the Sudanese Sugar Company to finance and modernize sugar factories', starting with Assalaya and New Halfa, and he pledged support 'in the sugar, pharmaceutical, and strategic industries, as well as free zone development projects'.
Response
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›Research notes
The 2026 item is Sudanese state media reporting an official meeting (C on its own).
1 more record below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.
Checked against the document
1
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“Zadna International Company for Investment Limited (Zadna) is a holding company in agriculture and construction, which is 99 % owned by the SAF controlled Special Fund for the Social Security of the Armed Forces (SFSSAF), formerly known as the Charity Organisation for the Support of the Armed Forces. The leader of the SAF, Commander Al-Burhan, appointed in October 2021 General El Mirghani Idris Suleiman as Chairman of Zadna, who is one of his friends and Director of DIS.”
Correction: finance.json #5 renders the EU text as "party to flagship international commercial agreements and one of the main revenue sources of the army's company network" - not the English OJ wording, which is "a leading company engaged in high-profile international business deals and is one of the top revenue earners in the army’s network of companies". Use the OJ wording.
Relationships
11
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9 more relationships below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.
Dated events
1
Armed Forces Social Security Fund and the Ministry of Industry and Trade discuss a partnership with the Sudanese Sugar Company and support for pharmaceutical, strategic-industry and free-zone projects (state news agency). allafrica.com↗
CGrade C: Single source
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.
Geography
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Based in
Sudan
Places
Khartoum, Omdurman
Position in the network
Derived by analysing the documented relationships. Nothing in this section is a finding.
Still connected to the SAF when only official records are counted. Ranks 15 in the file for how often it sits on the shortest documented chain between two others.
No direct tie is documented. Basis: shared intermediary; cited in the same source (via SAMITX FOR FABRIC AND INVESTMENT [reg 3765], Zadna International Company for Investment Ltd, Omdurman National Bank (ONB)).