HUDO Centre No. H.K/UA/02/022 Date: 27th February 2023 URGENT APPEAL ABDUCTION OF A CHILD FOR MORE THAN FOUR MONTHS FROM LAGAWA, SUDAN On 14thOctober 2022, when Rapid Support Force (RSF) invaded Lagawa, a 14-year old child was kidnapped from his mother at home by attackers. The kidnapers are known and they are currently asking for a ransom from the child’s family. The family reported this incident to police and all the authorities in charge (security committee and political leaders) but, no action has been taken. RSF invaded Lagawa town on 14th October 2022, in support of Misseriya tribe. Some of the invaders searched houses looking for specific persons of Nuba tribes. Mr. Eltaj (Tajeldeen) Jammah Kowa (the head of Kamda youth association) was one of them. On 15th October 2022, they came to Eltaj’s sister house searching for him, where they found his family and kidnapped his child Jammah (14 years old) in front of the mother and other family members. Immediately, the mother went and reported to the Sudan Armed Force (SAF) and the head of General Intelligence Service (GIS) in Lagawa but there was no action. However, the GIS head informed her that, he knew about the incident (abduction) and that the child was with someone called Elnayir Fadul Hamdan. On 4th November 2022, the child was allowed by the kidnapers to call his mother. The child informed her that he was held at a nomad camp. Afterwards, the family was displaced with other Lagawa residents to Dilling town. While at Dilling, the father communicated with the security committee in West Kordufan State about his child. But, there was no action made yet the kidnapers kept calling via phones (the numbers are available) asking for ransom of five million Sudanese pound (about $10,000). The father later filed a criminal case against the abductors and an arrest warrant was issued twice against them. But nobody has been arrested yet. HUDO Centre is very concerned about the safety of civilians/ and calls upon;