Content_paragraphs:  However, a number of challenges persist, such as building confidence among
  
  local communities in the ability of the rule of law institutions to deliver justice,
  
  ensuring accountability and providing legal protection to vulnerable communities, in
  
  particular women and children. Some Sudanese police personnel have been accused
  
  of tribal bias and ineffectiveness, and their stations and facilities in Kutum,
  
  Kabkabiyah, Kass, Nertiti and El Geneina have been attacked during protests.
  
  Similarly, demonstrators have targeted prison facilities in Kass and Ardamata, which
  
  made it necessary to transfer detained persons to Khartoum and Nyala. UN AMID has
  
  stepped up a range of activities with the Sudanese police forces to enhance police
  
  relations with communities, including joint patrols within and around the camps for
  
  internally displaced persons, community policing and the establishment of emergency
  
  response centres. A total of 84 joint patrols were conducted from August to October
  
  2020, including in Zalingei, Saraf Umrah, Shangil Tobaya and the farming areas
  
  around Kutum, Fata Borno and Tawillah, and in Kalma. In Kutum and Kalma,
  
  communities have requested that UNAMID, the Sudanese police force and
  
  prosecution authorities conduct joint investigations into incidents of violence.