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[Dabanga] Amsterdam -- The decisions issued by the Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, on August 11, 2025, coinciding with Army Day, to retire a number of senior officers--most of them from the 40th batch--sparked widespread reactions. These decisions were followed by the arrest of Major General Abdel-Baqi Bakrawi, who was accused of involvement in a coup attempt during the transitional period. Bakrawi was initially subject to a military trial before the trial was