conflict dimensions. Signing peace agreements is one among other tactics the GoS has been using to maintain power in Sudan. Therefore the National Dialogue with the witnessed mechanism will be as the same as other previous treaties." There was an initiative known as the road map which was prepared by African Union High Implementation Panel (AUHIP). The AUHIP proposed a political settlement for the Sudanese conflicts however it was only signed by government of Sudan and rejected by one opposition party6 and the rebel armed groups7. Mubarak Ardol, the SPLA-N peace file spokesperson justified and commented that “the road map ignored the preparatory conference which included in the African Peace and Security Council’s resolutions 456 and 539, which was conducted in April 2015 and Khartoum government was rejected and they didn’t attend. Secondly the road map considered Khartoum national dialogue recommendations (which we are not part of it) as base for the road map process. On 24th April 2016 the armed groups8 announced a unilateral ceasefire of six months as an extension to the previous one that was announced on 21st October 2015. On 17th June 2016 Sudan government announced ceasefire for four months. The two announcements relatively reduced the violations currently. 4 Statement of the problem The military campaign by government of Sudan has continued in SK and BN for the past five months since the beginning of 2016.Such operations came with violations mainly carried out by RSF. Regularly, RSF commits atrocities like unlawful killing, torture, sexual violence and all other forms of brutality. The RSF harasses and intensifies the general state of insecurity among civilians.During the months of April, May and beginning of June military operations by RSF were witnessed in BN. Many SPLM-N members and former SPLA officers and soldiers had been arrested arbitrarily especially after the return of brigadier-general/ Mohamed Younis to government. He was formerly a member of SPLA/N. The arrests are supported by the fact that there is a state of emergency. Since the war broke out in 2011, many people were displaced to other areas within South Kordufan and other states but, the government could not allow them erect IDPs camps, this forced them to move further to other states including Khartoum. Most of the IDPs in Khartoum state have been targeted, harassed and arrested while accusing them of associating with SPLA-N. There are other targeted groups like students’ unions and Christians whose churches were demolished and leaders arrested. Since the end of year 2015, NISS arrested many pastors and some of their followers. 6 Umma Party For more information please visit: http://www.democracyfirstgroup.org/a-continuation-of-failure-the-auhip-sign-a-unilateral-road-map-agreementwith-the-ncp/ 8 The announced armed groups are; Sudan Liberation Movement led by MinniMinawi (SLM-MM), the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) 7 3