The Sudanese army has maintained state-of-emergency conditions in parts of Blue Nile in spite of the recent Cooperation Agreement between Sudan and South Sudan. The southern part of the state remains controlled by insurgents.

Dindoro town in Kurmuk County of Blue Nile State has been experiencing emergency regulations for more than three months, citizens complained.

The security situation in the town has become very difficult with the government preventing citizens from going to farm and only with permissions from the security in the area. Otherwise the farmers could be subject to beatings, torture, and humiliations.

A source close to the area told Radio Tamazum that now in addition to the state of emergency in the area the government has set limits to the quantity of purchases the citizen should buy from the market, where they have specified in Belane and Ibigo villages that the citizen should not buy more than a half kilo of sorghum or it will be confiscated and they will be charged with supporting the rebels. The limit for buying sugar is five pounds.