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In 1928 the British established the Sudan Police Force (SPF) under the Ministry of Interior. [ 1 ] Throughout the colonial period, the police lacked the resources and manpower to deploy officers throughout Sudan. [ 1 ] Instead, the government gave tribal leaders authority to maintain order among their people and to enlist a limited number of ...
National Police Service; Common name: South Sudan Police Service: Abbreviation: SSPS: Agency overview; Formed: 2009: Employees: 50,000: Annual budget: $100m ...
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is a United Nations peacekeeping mission for South Sudan, which became independent on 9 July 2011. UNMISS [1] was established on 8 July 2011 by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1996 (2011). Since December 2016, UNMISS has been led by the Secretary-General's Special Representative ...
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF; Arabic: قوات الدعم السريع, romanized: Quwwāt ad-daʿm as-sarīʿ) is a paramilitary force formerly operated by the government of Sudan. The RSF grew out of, and is primarily composed of, the Janjaweed militias which previously fought on behalf of the Sudanese government.
The Central Reserve Forces (CRP) (Arabic: قوات الاحتياطي المركزي), also known as Abu Tira (Arabic: أبو طيرة) due to the eagle on its logo, [2] is a militarised police unit in Sudan known for committing atrocities during the War in Darfur [3] and the Sudanese revolution. [4] The CRP is sanctioned by the US for "serious ...
Flag of the Sudan Defence Force (1925–1956) The Sudan Defence Force (SDF) was a British Colonial Auxiliary Forces unit raised in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan in 1925 to assist local police in internal security duties and maintain the condominium's territorial integrity. During World War II, it also served in East Africa as part of the East ...
The Popular Police Forces was created in 1989, they were estimated to have at least 35,000 members who technically were under the supervision of the director general of police, but it operated as a politicized militia that sought to enforce “moral standards” among the country's Islamic population. [4] The PPF had a poor human-rights record. [4]
t. e. The United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) was established by the UN Security Council under Resolution 1590 [1] of 24 March 2005, in response to the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the government of the Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement on January 9, 2005, in Sudan.