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INTRODUCTION:

AS planning is so important in all fields, the Comprehensive Strategy conference has come to play a key role in the police axis. Aided by that conference, the needs of this axis have been studied and the means of performance within its ranks promoted, especially that security is regarded as the basic pillar for realizing glory, freedom and prosperity for this nation, a lofty goal that has to be achieved under the umbrella of the civilizational orientation adopted by the Sudan.

Ministry of Interior:

This ministry was formed in accordance with the Ministerial Decree No.(73) for the Year 1995 which amended the Ministerial Decree No.(71) for the year 1991, under provisions of Article(7) of Resolution No.(62) for the year 1992 by Chairman of the Revolution Command Council.

Police Forces:

The Sudanese Police Forces was formed during the Condominium rule (1898-1956). Following Sudan Independence in 1956, the state started giving concern to up-grading the police with some laws issued in this regard top of which were the 1979 police Acts.

The various police departments work towards maintaining security of the public and property besides social education. A police college was established as the police and Administration school at the University of Khartoum and was then moved to its current premises at Burri, Khartoum East. Candidates qualifying for the police college are conditioned to have obtained the Sudanese High School certificate with ranging between 18-21 years. The college also enrolls candidates from Arab and African countries. The first women batch with the rank of second lieutenant was graduated in 1977.

As for crime, Sudan is inhabited by a peaceful people of good morals. Civil war, fed by foreign factors, helped increase rates of migration to the capital, major cites and stable areas, thus increasing the need for police to control crime.

Crime in Sudan is of an individual nature and not the sort of organized style. Sudanese police enjoys a good fame on both the regional and international levels linked by agreements and relations within international recognized charters.

1. Internal Affairs Ministry:

1. United Police Forces:

It includes states and utilities’ police.

2. Refugees’ Commission.
3. General Border Administration.

1. General Organizational Structure:

1. Headquarters of the Ministry.
2. Police headquarters.
3. Refugees’ Commission.
4. General Border Administration.

1. Geographical and Utility Units:

1. States’ Police – according to the administrative and federal division.
2. Utilities, corporations and institutions’ police.

1. Minister:

The highest authority in the Ministry responsible for implementing the government’s policy at the level of his Ministry as he approves its programs and supervises their implementation.

2. Director General of Police Forces:

He is directly responsible to the Minister for the performance of the United Police Forces.

3. Deputy Director-General of Police Forces:

He assists the Director-General in discharging his duties.

4. Commissioner for Refugees:

He is directly responsible to the Minister for the implementation of the general policies at the Refugees Commission as he oversees the good performance within it.

5. Director of the General Border Administration:

He is directly responsible to the Minister for implementing the general policies worked out to cater for the border issues as well as observing the good performance of the said utility.

 

Organs Directly Supervised by the Internal Affairs Minister:

1. The Executive Office.
2. Internal Auditing.
3. Police support stamp duty.

1. Job Structure of Police Forces:

1. Director-General of police Forces.
2. Deputy Director-General of Police Forces.
3. Directors of General Administrations.
4. Directors of Specialized Administrations.
5. Directors of States’ police.
6. Directors of utilities and Corporations’ Police.

1. Deputy Director-General of Police Forces.
2. Directors of the General Administrations.
3. Directors of the Specialized Administrations.
4. Directors of the states and utilities’ police.
5. Headquarters.

1. General Administration of Administrative Affairs.
2. General Administration of Financial Affairs.
3. General Administration of Training.
4. General Administration of Supply.
5. General Administration of Morale.

b. Police Administration Council:

This organ is entrusted with discharging daily duties and it comprises the following:

1. Director-General of Police Forces.
2. Deputy Director-General of Police Forces.
3. Directors of the General Administrations which includes:

c. Police Command Council:

This organ is vested with mapping out the general policy of police work and it is composed of:

1. Police Administration Council.
2. Directors of the General Administrations(Passports, Investigation, Prisons and Reformation, Civil Defense, Protection of Wildlife, Customs, States’ affairs, Public Order, Police Security, Police Judiciary, Central Traffic, Planning, Research and follow-up work and Central Reserve Police).
3. Director of Khartoum State Police.

The authority of this administration is confined to:

1. Checking the good performance of the general and specialized administrations as well as the various units to measure the occupational technical, service and productive competence of the police cadres. It also evaluates the capability of the police forces in implementing and discharging their tasks and duties.
2. Controlling the performance and efficiency of the administrative and financial organs.
3. Verifying that police work is progressing in accordance with the rules, regulations and instructions issued by the police forces headquarters.
4. Drawing up plans based on sound and accurate information about Police Forces with the aim of promoting their performance and up-grading competence of its working cadres.

2. General Administration of Passports, Immigration and Identity Card:

It is composed of the following departments:

1. Sudanese Affairs Administration.
2. Aliens Affairs Administration.
3. Pilgrimage and Omra(Minor Haj) Administration.
4. Administration of Records, Research, Statistics and Technical Assistance.
5. Administration of Financial and Administrative Affairs.

The authority of this general administration is confined to:

1. Protecting the Sudanese identity after verifying it by providing the necessary legal documents.
2. Issuing Sudanese Passports and regulating movement of the Sudanese people.
3. Regulating immigration both from and into the country and organizing the movement of aliens.
4. Legalizing and protecting presence of aliens in Sudan and organizing their movement.

3. General Administration of Central Investigations:

This administration is composed of:

1. Administration of Central Investigations.
2. Drug Control Administration.
3. Administration of Criminal Evidence.

The authority of this general administration is confined to:

1. Prevention and detection of crimes.
2. Investigating serious crimes such as counterfeiting and international crime.
3. Registering crimes and preparing monthly and annual reports and statistics on them.
4. Issuing license for possession of fire arms and ammunition and observing their movements.
5. Controlling and detecting crimes of drug trafficking.

It comprises the following:

1. Administrative Affairs Department.
2. Medical Services Department.
3. Social Services Department.

Its authority is confined to:

1. Appointment, transference, promotion, secondment, retirement of policemen as well as safeguarding their rights and welfare.
2. Supervising co-operatives and boosting the spirit of fellowship among members of police forces and caring for their human, social and family affairs.
3. Providing medical services to members of the police forces and their families.

5. General Administration of Financial Affairs:

It includes the following departments:

1. Financial Affairs department.
2. Department of Post-Service Benefits.

The authority of this administration is confined to:

1. Conducting general technical and administrative supervision of departments of the financial affairs administration and post-service benefits.
2. Preparation of the Police headquarters’ annual budget.
3. Drawing up plans to realize development as well as working out other financial plans in accordance with the developmental plans adopted by the government in extending police services.

6. General Administration of Training:

It includes the following:

1. Training Administration.
2. Higher Police Academy.
3. Police College.
4. Policewomen’s Institute.

The authority vested in this administration is confined to:

1. Qualifying all members of the police forces in terms of behavior, performance and promotion of the police services.
2. Allowing all educational opportunities for higher studies and inculcating the spirit of perservence and scientific research into police members in co-ordination with the scientific institutions inside and outside the country.
3. Boosting the scientific and cultural ties and relations with similar police institutions at regional and international levels and giving training opportunities to policemen form friendly and sisterly countries to qualify in the field of police work in Sudan.

It includes the following departments:

1. Warehouses Department.
2. Transport and Maintenance Department.
3. Police Communications Department.
4. Construction and Housing Department.

The authority of this administration is confined to:

1. General supervision of matters related to supply.
2. Providing all needs of clothing, ammunition and other equipment conducive to police work.
3. Making available weapons and ammunition.
4. Arranging and registering statistics of all police Chiclets throughout the country.
5. Supervising maintenance of police aircraft and providing spare-parts for them.
6. Supervising police telecommunication network.
7. Drawing up plans and policies which are meant for the establishment and construction of various police installations.

It includes the following:

1. The Information Administration.
2. Police Relations Administration.
3. Police Sports Union.
4. Police Music Administration.

The authority of this administration is confined to:

1. Boosting the relationship between the police forces and the public.
2. Participating in the arrangement of conferences, festivals, exhibitions and other police occasions.
3. Caring for the needs and requirements of visiting foreign delegations.
4. Boosting the spirit of piety among police members and supervising Holy Koran societies.
5. Raising the cultural standard and boosting awareness among police forces.
6. Supervising sports activities and organizing cultural and sports tournaments among police forces.

It includes the following:

1. Federal Units Administration.
2. Administration of Production and Vocational Training.
3. Administration of Reformation and Education.
4. Social Service Administration.
5. Administration of Financial and Administrative affairs.
6. States’ Affairs Co-ordination Administration.
7. Planning, Research and Statistics Administration.

The powers vested in this administration are confined to:

1. Implementing the verdicts of the judicial authority.
2. Managing prisons and maintaining security inside them in such a way that secures safety of inmates so that they become virtuous and useful citizens.

It includes the following:

1. Administration of Civil Defense Operations.
2. Administration of Technical Projects and Specifications.
3. Disaster Control administration.
4. States and Utilities’ Affairs Administration.
5. Administration of Financial and Administrative affairs.

The authority entrusted to this Administration is confined to:

1. Controlling fires and protecting the property of the state, the private sector and the citizens against their hazards.
2. Finding preventive means necessary of controlling the danger of fires at public places, factories and establishments, besides verifying their good functioning in terms of quality and efficiency.
3. Boosting awareness among the citizens and providing training for them.
4. Rendering assistance for the rescue of the citizens in case of disasters and other emergency circumstances.

11. General Administration of Wildlife Protection:

It includes the following:

1. Administration of National Parks.
2. Administration of Controlling Poaching.
3. Administration of Parks and Investment.
4. Development Administration.
5. Administration of Financial and Administrative Affairs.

The powers this administration enjoys are confined to:

1. Protecting wildlife and marine life which are regarded as national natural

Heritage with the aim of maintaining environment equilibrium as an economic resource.

2. Promoting the present natural game reserves and introducing the modern technical means in managing them as well as setting up new game reserves.
3. Taking the necessary measures needed for protecting endangered animal species.
4. Promoting international and local tourism practiced at public hunting places by organizing this hobby in a way that ensures the integrity of environmental balance.

12. General Administration of Customs Police:

It includes the following:

1. The planning Administration.
2. Administration of Financial and Administrative Affairs.
3. Customs Administration of Khartoum State.
4. Customs Administration of the Red Sea State.
5. Customs Administration of the States.
6. Administration of Controlling Smuggling.

This general administration enjoys powers confined to:

1. Contributing to the formulating and implementation of the economic and financial policies of the state.
2. Levying sales tax put on imported goods.
3. Collecting data and information on local products.
4. Protecting local products through customs tariff.
5. Implementing economic policies in international and regional conventions field.
6. Representing the sovereignty of the state by maintaining presence at border areas.
7. Collecting data and information on external trade and submitting it to the concerned authorities.
8. Controlling all forms of smuggling.

It is composed of:

1. Northern States’ Affairs Administration.
2. Southern States’ Affairs Administration.
3. Eastern States’ Affairs Administration.
4. Western States’ Affairs Administration.
5. Central States’ Affairs Administration.

The authority of this administration is confined to:

1. Following up the needs of the states’ police with regard to logistic and provision of weapons and ammunition.
2. Following up the states’ financial affairs and needs.
3. Following up measures of maintaining vehicles.
4. Following up patients and injured cases and providing treatment for them.

It has powers confined to:

1. Ordering what is right and forbidding what is wrong.
2. Controlling all kinds of liquors.
3. Controlling vice and corruption.
4. Organizing markets and overseeing prices and weights and applying regulations.
5. Controlling roguery.
6. Co-ordination with the concerned authorities to control uncivilized phenomena which upset public order.

15. General Administration of Central Reserve Police:

It is composed of:

1. Operations Department.
2. Department of Financial and Administrative Affairs.
3. Training Department.

It has powers confined to:

1. Riots control.
2. Rendering assistance to citizens in case of disasters.
3. Keeping public order during national occasions.

It includes departments for:

1. Security, Information and Records.
2. Police Intelligence.
3. Controlling Police Vehicles and Equipment.
4. Administrative and Financial Affairs.

It has powers confined to:

1. Monitoring security events and crimes affecting the nation’s security as well as examining them prior to their submission to the Director General of the Police Forces.
2. Controlling the performance of the police forces, securing their operations, controlling slackness and boosting discipline among them.
3. Spotting non-police members who distort the image of the police sector by resorting to impersonation, thus affecting the morale of police forces adversely.
4. Co-ordinating with other security forces in joint security projects.

Follow- Up and Research:

It is composed of the following:

1. Department of Strategies, Plans and Programs.
2. Follow- up Department.
3. Records Department.
4. Computer Department.

It enjoys powers confined to:

1. Drawing up detailed plans and programs for police within the national comprehensive strategy and following up their implementation.
2. Implementation the policies and directives approved by the police command council.
3. Drawing up long-term, medium-term and short-term development plans in accordance with the needs and requirements of promoting the police forces performance.
4. Studying the social map for predicting security threats, establishing law and order and reviewing security plans with the aim of generalizing and amending them, and studying social and criminal phenomena to maintain stability and realized social security.

It includes the following:

1. Police Judiciary Department.
2. Legal Affairs Department.

It enjoys powers confined to:

1. Reviewing rules and regulations and amendments issued, and preparing draft laws and regulations of the police sector and their amendments in co- ordination with the concerned authorities.
2. Submitting the legal drafts and studying and making contracts to which the police sector is a party.
3. Reviewing and codifying the measures taken and the trials of members of the forces.
4. Issuing instructions and orders on behalf of the Director-General.

It includes the following departments:

1. General Traffic and Licensing.
2. Highways Traffic.
3. Number Plates Factory.
4. Planning and research Department.
5. Equipment and technical assistance.

It enjoys powers confined to:

1. Maintaining order and securing the flow of traffic along the streets and highways to make their use easy and quick.
2. Boosting traffic awareness among citizens and motorists in particular.
3. Undertaking procedures for licensing vehicles and issuing driving licenses.
4. Attaching care and concern to traffic engineering.

20. General Administration of Popular Police:

It includes the following:

1. Department of Administrative Affairs.
2. Department of Financial and Supply Affairs.
3. Training Department.
4. Morale and Information Department.
5. Administration of States’ Affairs Department.
6. Security and Information Department.
7. Programs and Projects Department.
8. Services Department.

This administration’s tasks are confined to:

1. Assisting police forces in discharging their duties.
2. Mobilizing popular energies to maintain law and order.
3. Protecting establishments and public utilities.
4. Boosting religious religious spirit and principles of good behavior among members of the society.

CONCLUSION:

The Central Operation Room is regarded as the throbbing heart of the police forces sector as it represents a channel through which criminal and security information flows to the police command and the concerned authorities in due time. It has its residence at the police forces headquarters. Its authority lies in:

1. Keeping accurate data about the organizations and formation of police forces and their organizational structures as will as their geographical distributions, weapons and equipment as well as their communication network.
2. Keeping full and detailed information on criminal acts and statistics of crimes in Sudan and projects of internal security.
3. Keeping detailed and accurate records on police forces activities in the various fields.

1. Brief Information on the Administration:

This is one of the administrations affiliated to the Ministry of internal Affairs. It is entrusted with the discharge of the legal and documentation duties related to the Sudan’s international and internal borders. It also undertakes the task of studying and preparing drafts of conventions governing Sudan’s international borders with neighboring countries. It further co-ordinates with the Federal Government Chamber in issuers related to the states’ borders in the country.

2. Goals and Objectives of the Administration:

The Ministerial Decree No. (11) for the year 1992 has fixed the goals and powers of the administration which are represented in:

      3. Powers of the Administration:

The Administration has the following powers:

1. Keeping documents and records, agreements, conventions and protocols concerning borders.
2. Monitoring all developments occurring at the borders.
3. Preparing studies and carrying out research work.
4. Undertaking the Secretariat of Sudan Borders Committee and following up implementation of its decisions and recommendations.
5. Participating in the work of border committees with neighboring countries.

SUDAN BORDERS WITH NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES:

Sudan borders are considered the longest as they reach about 7,580 kilometers on land, apart from sea border which reach some 750 kms in length. Sudan occupies a distinguished geographical location as it shares international land borders with nine countries including: Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Chine, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central Africa, Chad and Libya. The distinguished and vital geographical situation Sudan enjoys makes it extremely necessary for it to organize its international borders, bearing in mind the crucial role being played by borders in promoting international relations and realizing security and stability world-wide.

Sudan inherited its present borders from the British colonization. The organization of African Unit (OAU) Conference held in 1964 adopted the principle of inherited borders as it demanded that the borders of African countries be left as they were left by the colonizers after independence. African borders were drawn by the colonizers, who failed to consider their common ethnicity or cultural make-up. The borders of most African countries were designated under the circumstances mentioned above.

1. Ethiopia 1606kms
2. Chad 1300kms
3. Egypt 1260kms
4. Central Africa 1070kms
5. Democratic Republic of Congo 660kms
6. Eritrea 605kms
7. Uganda 460kms
8. Libya 380kms
9. Kenya 240kms

INFORMATION:

Address:

Ministry of Internal Affairs,

General Border Administration.

Tel: 777088

Nile Avenue

P.O Box: 2793.

Border Department Director:

Brig. (Police) Awad Allah Osman Awad-Allah