Govt Expels Sudanese Diplomat Over Alleged Espionage

Sudan President Omar al Bashir.

Uganda on Tuesday expelled a Sudanese diplomat after he was caught trying to illegally get classified documents from government employees.

However, the Sudanese embassy has denied these allegations.

Sudan President Omar al Bashir.
Sudan President Omar al Bashir.

Jad-el-Seed Mohammed Elhag, was ordered on Monday to leave the country after he had been caught paying out money to an agent to secure classified information.

“He was a diplomat but was not behaving as one. He no longer conducted himself as a diplomat and had been cited in cases of espionage”, said Asuman Kiyingi, Ugandan state minister for regional affairs.

The minister however said bilateral relations between the two countries remain unaffected by the incident.

Kampala and Khartoum have bad relations as they trade accusations of harbouring rebel groups.

Asuman Kiyingi, Ugandan state minister for regional affairs
Asuman Kiyingi, Ugandan state minister for regional affairs

The Sudanese government says the Sudan Revolutionary Front rebel groups who seek to overthrow the regime of president Omer Al-Bashir are based in Uganda and their elements are trained by the Ugandan army.

Ugandan officials, on the other hand, point that the fighters of the notorious Lord Resistance Army in the western Sudan region of Darfur as they are chased by the Ugandan army in the Central African Republic and other armies in the region.

The Sudanese ambassador in Kampala denied receiving any note about the expulsion of his diplomat. He added that his diplomat recalled by his government.

Elhag “had finished his work here and has something else to do in Sudan . We expect a replacement soon” the Sudanese ambassador said.

Sudan Tribune

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