Sudan reorganises security services

KHARTOUM, March 25 (AFP) — President Omar al-Beshir has ordered the reorganisation of the security services by incorporating the national security and intelligence organs into a single body, the National Security and Intelligence Service, Sudanese media reported Thursday.

A presidential decree stipulated that the new service would be a regular force under the immediate supervision of the president and under the direct responsibility of its director general, official Omdurman Radio and Al-Anbaa newspaper said.

Although he was not named in the decree, current security authority chief Major General Salah Abdallah will likely be the director general of the incorporated body as he was earlier this month entrusted by Beshir to also assume the duties of chief of intelligence.

The duties of the National Security and Intelligence Service will be maintenance of security and unity, gathering and analysing information, probing and revealing any activities that could jeopardise the security and safety of Sudan, the decree said.

The service will also be tasked with detecting and fighting subversive and terrorist activities by groups and organisations inside and outside Sudan, the decree added.