Editing Sudanese Armed Forces (section)

=== After al-Bashir's fall (2019–2023) ===
On 11 April 2019, the Sudanese Armed Forces launched a [[2019 Sudanese coup d'état|coup]] against [[Omar al-Bashir]] after months of protests against his rule.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/11/africa/sudan-unrest-intl/ |first1= Sarah |first2=Nima |first3= Yasir |last1= El Sirgany |last2= Elbagir |last3= Abdullah |title= Sudan's President Bashir forced out in military coup |date= 11 April 2019 |publisher= [[CNN]] |access-date= 16 April 2021}}</ref> On 3 June 2019, the Sudanese Armed Forces, led by the Rapid Support Forces carried out the [[Khartoum massacre]], leaving over 128 people dead.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=Declan |title=Sudan Power-Sharing Deal Reached by Military and Civilian Leaders |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/04/world/africa/sudan-power-sharing-deal.html |access-date=16 April 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=4 July 2019}}</ref>

Article 10.(a) of the [[2019 Sudanese transition to democracy|August 2019 Draft Constitutional Declaration]] states that the mixed civilian–military "[[Sovereignty Council of Sudan|Sovereignty Council]] is the head of state, the symbol of its sovereignty and unity, and the Supreme Commander of the armed forces, [[Rapid Support Forces]], and other uniformed forces." Article 34.(a) states that the "armed forces and Rapid Support Forces are a national military institution that protect the unity and sovereignty of the nation" and Article 34.(b) states that the relationship between the military institution and executive authority is to be organised by the "Armed Forces Law and the Rapid Support Forces Law".<ref name="raisethevoices_4Aug2019" /><ref name="Const_Dec_En" />

On 28 October 2019, the chair of the Sovereignty Council, [[Abdel Fattah al-Burhan]], issued a decree appointing a new military top-level command, called the ''General Staff'', including Lt. Gen. Mohamed Osmana al-Hassan as Chief of General Staff; Lt. Gen. Abdallah al-Matari Hamid, Inspector General of the Armed Forces; several Deputy Chiefs of Staff; Lt. Gen. Essam Mohamed-Hassan Karar as commander-in-chief of the land forces; Rear Admiral Mahjoub Bushra Ahmed Rahma as commander of the naval forces; Lt. Gen. Essam al-Din Said Koko as commander-in-chief of the Air Force; and Major General Abdel Khair Abdallah Nasser Darjam as Commander of the Air Defence Forces. ''[[Sudan Tribune]]'' interpreted the changes in military leadership as a strategy by al-Burhan to "tighten his grip on the army after the removal of Islamist generals."<ref name="SudTrib_military_command" />