General Intelligence Service (Sudan)
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Jurisdiction | Government of Sudan |
Headquarters | Khartoum, Sudan |
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The General Intelligence Service
NISS
During the Omar al-Bashir presidency, the National Intelligence and Security Service was an incredibly powerful body. It was granted extensive powers by the National Security Acts of 1999 and 2010 such as the ability of to reposes livestock and was frequently referred to as a secret police organization.[7][8][9]
It is widely accepted that in addition to its domestic operations, the NISS ran operations and agents throughout the Middle East, North Africa and Western Europe. The secretive organisation's most well known operation was its massive intelligence network in Iraq, which it was able to build by recruiting foreign fighters passing through Khartoum on their way to Iraq.
From 2004 to 2009, NISS was led by Salah Gosh. Gosh was removed as leader by President Al-Bashir and replaced with Mohammed Atta al-Moula, the deputy director of the service at the time, who led it until Gosh's reappointment in 2018.[10]
The NISS operated the Rapid Support Forces.[11]
On 13 April 2019 during the
Creation of GIS
NISS was heavily involved in the repression of protestors during the
January 2020 mutiny
According to
References
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- ^ a b c d "Sudan army quells Khartoum mutiny by pro-Bashir troops". BBC News. 15 January 2020. Archived from the original on 16 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f Gallopin, Jean-Baptiste (19 January 2020). "Sudan's military shut down a mutiny. What does that mean for the democratic transition?". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "Sudan government forces quell armed protest by security agents". www.aljazeera.com.
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- ^ "Document". Amnesty.org. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- Foreign Policy. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
...the Sudanese secret police — the notorious National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS)...
- ^ Howden, Daniel (28 June 2012). "Has the Arab Spring now spread to Sudan?". The Independent. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
...and the hated secret police, the NISS.
- ^ Wheeler, Skye (14 August 2009). "Sudan president replaces intelligence chief". Reuters. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ "Sudan's RSF pledges to liberate rebel stronghold in South Kordofan". Sudan Tribune. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
The militia was activated and restructured again in August last year under the command of NISS
- ^ "Sudan's intelligence chief Salah Gosh resigns: Military council". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
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- ^ "Sudan's military holds talks with protesters as curfew lifted". Aljazeera.com. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ "Sudan's military council names new intelligence chief". France 24. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.