HUDO Centre Date: 8th February 2023 No.: H.K/PS/02/023 PRESS STATEMENT THE STATE OF INSECURITY IN KADOGLI TOWN, SUDAN The security situation in Kadogli deteriorated further since January 2023. Many people have been killed and others got injured yet police and other security agencies have not intervened to stop the killings or apprehend the perpetrators. But, the security is actively imposing emergency laws. Since January 2023, the security situation in Kadogli Town deteriorated further as indicated in some of the incidents below: On 18th January 2023 around 07:00 PM (Sudan Local time), Mr. Mohammed Teeya (70 years and community leader/ Nuba) was shot and extremely injured while at his home by unknown person. The victim’s family and neighbours rushed (took) him to Kadogli military hospital. The victim was later transferred (on 1st February 2023) to Khartoum for further medical treatment. On 23rd January 2023, two busses from Khartoum to Souq Elfoul with passengers arrived Kadogli at night and they camped at Kadogli nursery (known as travel rest station) in order to resume their travel the following morning. At about 03:00 AM, unknown armed person shot at them (buses’ passengers) while they were sleeping. As a result, four people died and other four were injured (all of them from Nuba tribes). The following are the names of people who were killed during this attack; Mr. Ibrahim Kandar Gholfan (48 years), Mr. Ismail Osman Ismail (33 years), Mr. Peter Ntery Almac Angalo (38 years) and Mr. Ayoub Ibrahim Kuku (45 years). The following are the names of the injured people; Mr. Metias Murgus Jadoul (27 years), Mr. Zakaria Butrus Tandalti (32 years), Mr. Mujahid Hassan Suliman (19 years) and Mr. Fadelalla Elharba Angalo (45 years). The police and the general public helped to transport both the injured and dead bodies to Kadogli hospital where a postmortem was done. The dead bodies were handed over to the relatives for burial. Two of the injured received medical treatment and they were discharged while the other two are still undergoing treatment. All cases were reported to police but there was no serious investigation conducted in order to apprehend the perpetrators. Instead of apprehending the culprits, on 25th January 2023 the state government imposed the state of emergency in Kadogli town for one month.