On 16th January 2020, three churches were set on fire for the second time in less than a month. On the evening of 28th December 2019, three churches in three different neighborhoods (10, 11 and 12) of Bout town were set on fire (burnt) at the same time by arsonists. The church members (worshipers) reported the case/incident at Bout police office against anonymous but police did not investigate further or put preventive measures. The members of the church managed to rebuild the three churches using the local materials as it was before. For a second time, on 16th January 2020 (evening hours), the arsonists burnt down the three churches. Another case was filed against anonymous at Bout police and no further step was taken by police investigators. The three burnt churches are; Sudan Internal Church, Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church 2.5 Recommendations  Both government and SPLA-N to reserve the ceasefire status and accelerate the peace negotiation process and to make it inclusive.  The government of Sudan should lift the state of emergency imposed on SK and BN states and enforce the rule of law.  Sudan government should respect its international obligations in safeguarding the civilians in conflict areas  Sudan government should dissolve and disarm the government militias  Sudan human rights commission and international human rights mechanism to conduct genuine investigations on the alleged cases of violations and to stand with the victims for reparation. 28