Sudan’s SAF-controlled authorities have deployed military police at bridges, crossings and entrances across Khartoum in an apparent attempt to contain mounting violations by soldiers and armed formations operating alongside the army.
The decision was announced following a meeting of the SAF administration’s High Committee for Security and the Enforcement of State Authority in Khartoum, chaired by Interior Minister Babikir Samra Mustafa.
Abdelkhair Abdel Nasser, head of a committee assigned to remove military formations from the capital, said the new measures were intended to restrict the movement of armed forces personnel inside Khartoum State.
He said military police units would be stationed at entrances, crossings and bridges to identify and address violations committed by members of military formations, according to the state-run Sudan News Agency.
The announcement amounts to a rare official acknowledgement that SAF personnel and allied armed groups continue to commit offences in the capital despite repeated claims by the Port Sudan authorities that security has been restored.
The authorities did not identify the formations responsible for the reported violations or disclose the nature or number of the offences.
Khartoum remains crowded with SAF units, Islamist brigades, former rebel movements and other armed factions that fought alongside the army after it regained control of most of the capital.
The military police deployment is part of a wider campaign announced by the SAF administration to remove armed personnel and combat vehicles from civilian areas and regulate the movement of soldiers through the city.
TASIS has not issued a statement specifically addressing the latest deployment. However, the alliance has previously accused SAF-controlled authorities of obstructing civilian movement on roads and bridges, carrying out arbitrary arrests and subjecting residents to harassment at military checkpoints.
