1.6 Limitations  The situation of war makes the work of human rights monitoring difficult and the monitors are affected also.  There is insecurity and impunity among the security forces.  The breakdown of the economy, food crisis, displacements, transport and telecommunication challenges all affected monitors’ work/activities.  Most of the monitors were displaced either internally or crossed the borders. 1.7 Scope of the report This report covers south Kordufan (SK) and Blue Nile (BN) states in particular. South Kordufan state consists of seventeen (17) localities, some are located within a territory controlled by SPLA-N and others are under government control. Blue Nile State consists of seven (7) localities under government control with the presence of SPLA-N in some localities. But the war situation is affecting the entire Sudan. The violations and abuses documented in this particular report took place in the governmentcontrolled territories of SK and BN plus other states where IDPs are situated. The following are the towns and villages in SK State which were mentioned in this report; Al-kewaik the capital of Elraif Elsharqi locality; Ummbrembeta, Khor-Eldeleib, Elfaid UmAbdalla and Ambeir are in Abu-Kershola locality; Talodi, Altegola goldmine and Meraidan goldmine are in Talodi locality; Wata, Tengil, and Gardood Al-dakir are in Habila locality; Abu-Jibaiha and Tegmala in Abu-Jibaiha locality; Al Abbasiya, Abu Al-Hassan and Tommy in Al Abbasiya locality; Kologi and Gardood Toro in Gadeir locality; Aleri in Aleri locality. There are other areas that are part of Nuba Mountains (South Kordufan) however, administratively they fall under other states apart and these are Sidra and Kimla in North Kordufan State: Nimir Shago, Kara, Um-Kuji, Tarin, Shawa and Alfugara are in Lagawa locality of West Kordufan State. In Blue Nile State this report covered the following areas; Damazin the capital of Blue Nile State; Roseries in Roseries locality and Al-Kurmuk in Al-Kurmuk locality. This report also contains some incidents that were committed against the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in El-Obeid the capital of North Kordufan State and Qadarif in Qadarif State plus IDPs in other states. 4