SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Sudan quells revolt of former spy service men after clashes

14/1/2020: Multiple sources – Sudan quells revolt of former spy service men after clashes

• Sudan Tribune

• BBC

• CNN, by Yasir Abdallah and Nima Elbagir

• Reuters, by Khaled Abdelaziz and El Tayeb Siddig

• Radio Dabanga

• AP

• AFP

Armed ex-security agents linked to Omar al-Bashir fought soldiers in the capital Khartoum for hours until government forces quelled the revolt, residents and a military source said.

The former employees of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) also shut two small oilfields in Darfur in protest about their severance packages. The former NISS staff surrendered after negotiation

Restructuring NISS is among the key demands of the uprising that forced his removal.

However, once dismissed by the new transitional government, many of the security agents returned to their barracks without being disarmed after leaving the ministries and streets they once controlled.

Himedti said that former NISS chief Salah Gosh and a member of Bashir’s old ruling party was behind the unrest.