Sudan vows not to allow Daesh to use its territory

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Wednesday 20 Jan 2016 - 12:52 Makkah mean time-10-4-1437 NISS chief Mohamed Atta al-Mawla Abbas (Image from Internet) Khartoum (IINA) – Head of Sudan's National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Mohamed Atta al-Mawla Abbas vowed Islamic State group militants should not be allowed to use the country to cross into Libya, a media source reported Tuesday. "Sudan will not be a crossing for Daesh and extremists," the Sudan Media Centre (SMC) – seen as close to the security forces – quoted Mohamed Atta as saying during a graduation ceremony of new members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a counter-insurgency unit. "We will not tolerate any organized or cross-border crime Sudanese territory is used in," he added. AB/IINA