This archive report was first published on 15 January 2020.
On January 14, 2020, gunfire was heard from military bases operated by the Sudanese intelligence Service in Khartoum, as some members of the facility mutinied against various reforms, the military said.
The camps in Kafouri, north of Khartoum, and Riyadh, which hosts the Operations Corps, involved a group of soldiers who were protesting against a move to send home some and have their units disbanded and merged with another.
According to a statement by the Sudanese intelligence, a group of soldiers opposed to the restructuring of the agency, and demanding pay and severance packages, engaged in a violent protest, causing a stand-off.
Reacting to the development, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said the situation was under control.
"We assure our citizens that the events that occurred today are under control and they will not stop our march or cause a retreat from the goals of the revolution," he tweeted.
The Sudanese government is undergoing various security reforms that could see some units of the military disbanded, merged, or have their operations limited.
The Operations Corps, for example, was a unit that guarded key military installations and often gathered intelligence in times of conflict. It is to be disbanded, with some of the soldiers relieved of duties and the remaining ones appended to what used to be the Rapid Support Forces.
