Sudan. They stated that SAF should legalize the matter by obtaining permits for this purpose or close the road completely instead of confiscating the goods every time. On 30th January 2024, the traders and their tuk-tuks (3-wheeled automobiles) were released but their goods were confiscated and transferred to the head of the military division in Abu-Jibaiha. The names of the detained traders who own the goods are: Walid Mustafa Omer, Hammad Hussein Abbad, Saber Haraz Mahmoud, Ibrahim Omer Ahmed Nugra, Mogaddam Abdul Rahman Ali, Abdul Rahman Goja Sharaf Al-Din, Haroun Hussein Salah, Hassan Mohammed Yousif, Ibrahim Abuelrahman Abbas, Muzamil Ali Yousif and Mukhtar Juma. SAF accused the traders of crossing the border with South Sudan to Yida refugee camp and importing goods including fuel. The context; by then, the fuel prices in Talodi radically increased (one litre of fuel = 5000 SDG equivalent to $5) due to the ongoing fight between SAF and Rapid Support Force (RSF), while in Yida fuel is cheaper (1 litre = 2000 SDG which is equivalent to $2 USD). The prices for the essential goods are also high compared to Yida camp. The lawyer from Talodi talked to HUDO Centre saying that; “The citizens of the two countries in these areas are governed by a customary law that allows free movement between the two countries and no binding law that criminalizes the trading between them. However, there was a political communiqué between the two governors to organize this trading”. 2.1.3 SAF arrested two cousin brothers in Abu-Jibaiha On 2nd March 2024, Sudan Armed Force (SAF) soldiers came on a military vehicle and arrested Mr. Abduelraheem Abdalla Mohammed Monawar and Mr. Abdalla Fadelalla Mohammed Monawar from their home in Algalaa (the neighborhood) of Abu-Jibaiha town. SAF arrested and took them to Abu-Jibaiha military garrison where they have been held incommunicado up to date which raised the fear among their family for their lives since no visit allowed. The two were accused by SAF to be members of Rapid Support Force (RSF). 2.1.4 SAF carries out an arrest operation and killed five (5) people under torture basing on ethnic reasons in SK th On 30 March 2024, the Sudan People's Liberation Army-North (SPLA-N) attacked the Sudan Armed Force (SAF) military garrison of Al-kewaik. The SAF responded to the attack and pushed SPLA-N back. Between 2nd and 5th April 2024 after the SPLA-N attack, SAF in Al-Kewaik arrested many people especially the youths accusing them of spying for SPLA-N. 8