{"id":179319,"date":"2016-11-21T22:34:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T22:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/roads-in-north-darfur-s-kutum-still-blocked\/"},"modified":"2016-11-21T22:34:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T22:34:00","slug":"roads-in-north-darfur-s-kutum-still-blocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/roads-in-north-darfur-s-kutum-still-blocked","title":{"rendered":"Roads in North Darfur\u2019s Kutum still blocked"},"content":{"rendered":"

The roads linking the town of Kutum in North Darfur with other towns in the locality are still blocked.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Friday, El Mahriya tribesmen blockaded traffic in the northern part of Kutum locality in reaction to the arrest of their chief, Omda Mustafa El Dud Mahdi, four days earlier.<\/p>\n

“The people are terrified by the heavily armed tribesmen roaming in the streets. The gunmen are also plundering shops in the various districts,” a resident of Kutum town told Radio Dabanga.<\/p>\n

He reported that Kutum resident Tahir Ishag was shot in the leg on Saturday evening, after he refused to hand over his mobile phone.<\/p>\n

The source called on the authorities to intervene, and “restore the rule of law in the locality by sending more well-equipped police”.<\/p>\n

In October<\/a>, the Commissioner of Kutum locality, Adam Awadelkarim Bosh, resigned from his post, reportedly in protest against the security situation and the state government’s inaction to solve it.<\/p>\n

Bosh reportedly complained that the Ministries of Justice and the Interior had not provided judicial and policing organs such as a judge, a prosecutor, and a police force for five years.<\/p>\n

Forces were sent to the locality later that month<\/a> to implement measures set by the North Darfur government to curb the rampant insecurity. Three days after their arrival, however, they left again.<\/p>\n

“After the government troops left, militiamen immediately began to create havoc. Riding their unnumbered cars and motorcycles they began to make the towns, markets, and villages unsafe again,” a listener reported to Radio Dabanga from Kutum.<\/p>\n