{"id":61658,"date":"2026-05-11T11:53:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=61658"},"modified":"2026-05-11T11:53:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:53:25","slug":"who-protects-the-head-of-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/who-protects-the-head-of-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Protects the Head of State?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I See\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Adil El-Baz<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1<\/strong><\/p>\n

People have long welcomed President Al-Burhan\u2019s movements among them with great admiration, appreciating his instinct and ability to get close to the public and hear their voices directly. This has greatly shielded him from the poison of fabricated reports and made him more connected to the pulse of the street. When he hears with his own ears and sees with his own eyes, he understands what people truly want, which has made him less sensitive to international pressures. The president appeared to feel that God was with him and that the people stood by his side, so he no longer feared anything.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2<\/strong><\/p>\n

What has troubled me is that these public appearances have intensified. Every day we now see the president among the people \u2014 in markets, social gatherings, clubs, mourning houses, and visits to the families of martyrs. This is happening at an extremely dangerous time, while the country remains engulfed in war and hostile states and agents lie in wait.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At such times, the highest degree of caution is required from leaders, especially as the country suffers from a fragile security situation on all fronts. More dangerous still is that the phenomenon of assassinations \u2014 something our country had never known despite its prolonged wars \u2014 has begun to emerge.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The president knows that Sudan, amid all this turmoil, cannot withstand any additional risk, and that his continued presence at the helm of the country \u2014 alive, safe, and healthy \u2014 is a matter tied first and foremost to the nation\u2019s safety before his own personal safety.<\/strong><\/p>\n

3<\/strong><\/p>\n

The president is aware that there have already been two previous assassination attempts targeting him personally, from which God spared him. The first was in Jebeit during army celebrations a year and a half ago, and the second when the UAE launched missiles from Puntland in Somalia targeting his residence, with a missile falling near his home.<\/strong><\/p>\n

4<\/strong><\/p>\n

The president understands that assassinations are no longer isolated incidents, but are beginning to emerge as a tool within psychological, political, and military warfare \u2014 combining direct political assassination, selective drone strikes, and retaliatory killings.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A recent example was the targeting of the family home of Sudan Shield Forces commander Abu Aqla Keikal in Al-Jazira State, where several members of his family, including his brother, were killed. This type of targeting is not intended merely to kill a specific individual, but to send a retaliatory message to the commander, his supporters, and his allies. The danger of this pattern lies in shifting the war from the battlefield to the home, the family, and the tribe.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Drones have become an effective and suitable tool for assassinations because they allow strikes from long distances while giving the perpetrator greater room for denial. The use of drones escalated noticeably during 2026, including strikes on Khartoum, Omdurman, El-Obeid, Kenana, and Khartoum Airport.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this context, the drone is no longer merely a battlefield weapon, but a political assassination tool \u2014 targeting a leader, his house, his symbol, or a strategic facility.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The problem is that Sudan is not accustomed to this kind of warfare. Despite its brutality, conflict in Sudan had long remained distant from the culture of organized political assassinations. But the current war appears to be pushing the country into a new phase in which military warfare merges with assassinations, and symbols and public figures become direct targets.<\/strong><\/p>\n

5<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is no doubt that the president knows the state now fighting Sudan with all its power and money \u2014 recruiting mercenaries and purchasing weapons and drones under its own name \u2014 is a state highly experienced in assassinations in every region it has entered. It uses private security companies, mercenaries, and unofficial support networks to carry out such operations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is what it did in Libya and Yemen, where it allegedly assassinated dozens of local figures and leaders because they refused to recognize its influence and interference in their countries and because they were nationalists.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The UAE, according to this view, will stop at nothing to avoid losing this war, just as it lost other proxy wars it fought in Syria, Yemen, and Libya.<\/strong><\/p>\n

6<\/strong><\/p>\n

President Al-Burhan knows that he is a target \u2014 indeed the primary target \u2014 because he symbolizes the legitimacy of the state, because he rejected all Western pressures aimed at subduing him, and because he guided Sudan through the most dangerous conspiracy it has faced in its modern history. I hope this will become his legacy in history.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He also knows that Sudan, amid this turmoil, cannot bear any further risk.<\/strong><\/p>\n

7<\/strong><\/p>\n

If the president undoubtedly knows all of this, then the people have the right to expect him to change the way he moves and appears publicly. In circumstances like these, the highest degree of caution is required from leaders, especially given the country\u2019s fragile security situation across all fronts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Accordingly, wisdom dictates that many visits and social obligations should be delegated to envoys representing him according to the occasion, and that he refrain from unnecessary movements.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The president\u2019s safety at this moment is not merely a matter concerning his person alone, but the stability of the state itself during the most dangerous phase the country has ever faced.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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