The local authority had completely ignored the sit-in. However on 27th June 2022, South Kordufan State governor (Mr. Musa Gabur) visited the sit-in location and he addressed the protesters giving them his committed to work on implementing their security18 and development 19 demands. According to that, on 28th June 2022 the protesters have ended the sit-in demonstration. 2.3.14 Armed robbery incidents around Talodi In the last week of May 2022, many incidents of armed robbery occurred around Talodi town. The robberies were mainly committed by armed people from Arab tribes dressed in Rapid Support Force (RSF) uniform. For instance; On 24th May 2022, two robbery incidents took place at Gardood Toro. In one incident, a cargo truck driven by Mr. Mahjoub Saleh traveling between Kologi and Talodi was obstructed by four armed men dressed in RSF uniform. They forcefully took a new motorbike and forced the driver to give them its (motorbike) registration document. The driver informed HUDO Centre that, “it seems the robbers knew about the motorbike and had come purposely for it, since they took nothing else”. The second robbery incident occurred at the same place. The passenger vehicle was robbed on gun point. They robbed passengers of their money, smart phones and other valuable items. The vehicle was travelling from Abu-Jibaiha to Talodi. On 28th May 2022, a motorbike/ tuktuk driven by Mr. Mustafa Elnour was traveling from Alkees goldmine to Talodi. It was blocked by two armed men five (5) km east of Talodi. They robbed the driver of his smart phone and money. All these robbery cases were reported to Talodi police but, there was no effort made by police to investigate. 18 To conduct security measures in order to safeguard roads users and to apprehend the perpetrators as some of them are known. 19 The development demands are; the public service and essential government obligations towards its citizens. 23