Sudan: Washington’s Quiet Intelligence Engagement with Port Sudan

Multiple sources confirmed to Ayin that Sudan’s Armed Forces (SAF)-aligned government intelligence director, Gen. Ahmed Mufaddal, was in Washington, DC, in January, where he held meetings with members of the US intelligence community. The visit, according to the same sources, was narrowly framed and did not include discussions on a ceasefire in Sudan. 

Instead, the talks focused on what officials on both sides described as “mutual security files”. These included counterterrorism…