Career: Deputy Director-General of NISS, 2004-2009; Director-General of NISS, 2009 - to date.
Atta was promoted from Deputy of NISS to Director after Salah Gosh was moved to become Presidential Adviser on Security Affairs.
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Sudan Tribune - Qatar Emir recieves letter from Sudanese president.
Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) Mohamed Atta Al-Mawla Abbas delivered a letter from Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir to Qatar’s Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani in Doha December 23, 2012 (Qatar TV)
Wednesday 18 July 2012 July 16, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Police and security forces are currently clashing with students of Khartoum University (UoK) after they attempted to march in a peaceful protest to the office of the University’s director, Sidiq Haiati, (...)
Friday 23 November 2012 By Muhammad Osman
November 22, 2012 (NAIROBI) – Heavy confusion is surrounding the alleged foiling by Sudanese intelligence authorities of a “subversive plot” as well as the subsequent arrests or interrogations of high-profile figures (...)
Sunday 3 February 2013 February 2, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir returned home on Saturday from Eritrea where he held talks with president Isaias Afewerki. FILE - Sudan’s President Omer Hassan al-Bashir (R) receiving Eritrea’s (...)
Tuesday 27 March 2012 March 26, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The President of Sudan, Omer Hassan Al-Bashir, on Monday decreed the establishment of a committee to undertake “mobilization of Jihadists”, appointing first Vice-President Ali Osman Mohammad Taha as its (...)
Wednesday 7 November 2012 November 5, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — The European Union’s special envoy to Sudan has pledged to contribute in funding of Darfur recovery and development projects but added that such financial support requires that Khartoum make visible efforts (...)
Saturday 9 February 2013 February 8, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese Communist Party (SCP) says that it is committed to continue dialogue with Sudanese rebel groups and confirmed having received a letter from the political party registrar about its position in (...)
Saturday 24 March 2012 March 23, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The top negotiators from Sudan and South Sudan on Friday spoke of a new spirit in the discussions on post-independence issues that have dragged on for years. Pagan Amum (left), chief negotiator from South (...)
Monday 24 December 2012 December 23, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir today sent a written letter to Qatar’s Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, according to state media. Director of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (...)
Monday 6 February 2012 January 5, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The director-general of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS), Mohamed Atta, has claimed that there is no more than nine political detainees in the country, including two from a key (...)
Wednesday 28 March 2012 March 27, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — The Director of the National Intelligence and Security services (NISS) scoffed Tuesday at the efforts of the Sudanese rebels to topple regime in Khartoum, reaffirming that Darfur rebels would not be allowed (...)
Africa and the ICC: a dynamic relationship2013-05-24 09:19:39 By Tiina Intelmann
May 23, 2013 - The relationship between Africa and the International Criminal Court (ICC) is remarkable in its history, and dynamic.
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May 22, 2013 - This article comes on the backdrop of the war drums beating campaign orchestrated by the National Congress Party (NCP) regime Parliament Speaker, Ahmed (...)
At the Mercy of the Sky, South Sudanese professionals2013-05-23 08:02:35 By Suzanne Jambo
May 22, 2013 - "I have nothing to hide and I walk away with my head high. There was absolutely no board meeting to discuss my issue. The reason given were unilateral spending (...)
Wau Dialogue W. Bahr el-Ghazal state 13-15 May 20132013-05-13 14:41:35 South Sudan Law Society
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Citizen of Western Bhar el-Ghazal State calls for limitations of President Powers and the Independence of Executive, Legislature and Judiciary and (...)
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Africa and the ICC: a dynamic relationship 2013-05-24 09:19:39 By Tiina Intelmann May 23, 2013 - The relationship between Africa and the International Criminal Court (ICC) is remarkable in its history, and dynamic. Africa and the ICC share the fundamental (...)
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At the Mercy of the Sky, South Sudanese professionals 2013-05-23 08:02:35 By Suzanne Jambo May 22, 2013 - "I have nothing to hide and I walk away with my head high. There was absolutely no board meeting to discuss my issue. The reason given were unilateral spending (...)
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