The Khartoum Locality Security Coordination Committee, chaired by Executive Director Abdel Moneim al-Bashir, issued a series of new decisions on Thursday to tighten security control and combat crime and negative social phenomena.
The measures include banning the movement of transport and freight vehicles carrying furniture or goods, as well as towing broken-down cars between 5 p.m. and 5 a.m. The committee stressed that all movements of such vehicles must have permits from the prosecution, police, and military intelligence, and must adhere to the designated curfew hours.
The committee also ordered the arrest of violators at checkpoints and crossings with neighboring states.
It decided to close all viewing clubs and cafés within the locality, citing their role in spreading negative social behaviors and undermining community security.
The operation of scrap metal weighing stations was also suspended in line with a previous ban on the scrap trade, with violators to be prosecuted.
The committee further prohibited the overnight parking of buses and public transport vehicles at the North and West Sports City terminals and directed the removal of all irregular structures east of the Central Market tunnel and south of Martyr Mahmoud Sharif Park.
It also emphasized continued campaigns to regulate motorcycles (“mootor”), banning their refueling at service stations and seizing any noncompliant bikes in accordance with state security directives.
In related efforts, the committee announced police campaigns in downtown Khartoum to apprehend vagrants and beggars and to strengthen criminal investigation work in the Arab Market area as part of a preventive crime-fighting plan.
It also directed continued enforcement against illegal foreign residents in preparation for their deportation.
Additionally, the committee reviewed the progress of a household inspection campaign to combat disease vectors and urged residents to open locked homes—or delegate someone on their behalf—to facilitate inspections in coordination with neighborhood committees.
Citizens were also urged to exercise caution when lighting fires for cleaning or burning weeds to prevent accidental fires or explosions caused by war remnants.
The committee expressed satisfaction with the locality’s current security status and crime rates, affirming the continuation of preventive efforts, particularly in vulnerable neighborhoods and marketplaces.
Concluding the meeting, the committee welcomed the appointment of Major General of Police Nour Al-Daem Awad Mohamed Shater as the new Khartoum Locality Police Chief, wishing him success and expressing hope that his leadership would strengthen local security operations.
