The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
THIS WEEK: Sudan’s Bashir replaces intelligence chief
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sudan’s official news agency (SUNA) announced on Feb.11 that President Omar el-Bashir had replaced his National intelligence and Security Service (NISS) chief Mohammed Atta with Salah Abdallah Mohammed Salih who has headed the entity before.
Salih had been in the position up to August 2009 when he was replaced by Atta. Atta’s removal comes at a time when NISS is leading a crackdown on sporadic opposition protests that have erupted from early January against rising food prices.
According to AFP, the Protesters have taken to the streets in recent weeks after bread prices jumped following a government decision to leave wheat imports to the private sector that triggered a sharp rise in the cost of flour.
NISS agents and anti-riot police have swiftly broken up these rallies held in Khartoum and some other parts of the country.
NISS agents have also arrested several senior leaders of opposition groups since January in a bid to prevent the protests from spreading.
