The three detainees were with others including Tegali‟s10 community leader Ahamed Elmansour Geiley. They were part of a delegation that represented the tribe of Adam Essa Agoumy11 who was sentenced to death. This visit was meant to perform/conduct the known agreement (Rakuba)12 since Abakar Belo is the brother of the murdered person. At the time of arrest, the rest of the people had gone while the three had remained discussing. According to interrogation, MI accused the three for having attacked Belo‟s house yet, nobody had reported any attack. On 2nd July 2016, the Military intelligence (MI) unconditionally released two of the three detainees, their names are; 1. Hamid Ibrahim Taweer, 73 years old, retired civil servant. 2. Ibrahim Adam Kalaka, 52 years old, engineer. Later on18th July 2016, the third detainee Muamar Elsaeed Agoumy was also released. SAF raided Almaash village On 2nd September 2016, Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) raided Almaash village, arrested some people and confiscated some of their goods. SAF accused the people of this village that they supply and act as a pathway to SPLA-N in getting their supply from Dilling. The following people were arrested; 1. Mrs. Hano Hassan, 30 years old trader, with infant of one year. SAF confiscated her goods13 worth eight thousand Sudanese pounds (about 550 USD). She was released on 9th September 2016 with a condition that she should not go back to her village. She was ordered to leave Dilling village and go to Khartoum. 2. Mrs. Beera Kardaweish, a 50 year old housewife. She was released on 9th September 2016. 3. Ismail Khamees, 38 year old farmer was released on 20th September 2016. 4. Idris Wari, 40 years old trader. After arresting him, he was taken to Kadogli prison and later released unconditionally on 28th October 2016. 9.2 Arbitrary Arrest in Blue Nile Massive arrests related to the defection of SPLA-N General The SPLA-N brigadier-general/ Mohamed Younis defected from SPLA-N and joined Sudan government in December 2015. Soon after the general had joined government, NISS and MI in Blue Nile State arrested many people especially those affiliated to SPLM-N as indicated below; 10 Tagali is one of Nuba tribes. Through the provided link, please see article (2.0.1) in 2015 annual report 12 Rakuba is a customary law among tribes through which conflict are solved/ reconciliation 13 Food items 11 7