{"id":183861,"date":"2014-12-12T16:28:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T16:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/west-darfur-farmers-despair-militant-herders\/"},"modified":"2014-12-12T16:28:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T16:28:00","slug":"west-darfur-farmers-despair-militant-herders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/west-darfur-farmers-despair-militant-herders","title":{"rendered":"West Darfur farmers despair militant herders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Farmers of Murnei and surrounding villages in West Darfur have complained again about herders who force them to let their livestock graze on cultivated land. Kereinik locality has been the stage of fighting and tension between the two parties since the start of the harvesting.<\/p>\n<p>A farmer in the locality told Radio Dabanga that \u201cmilitant herders\u201d have started to release their cattle on the farms since the harvest season began. \u201cNo one dares to chase them out because of the their threats to use arms against us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the trespassers have caused terrible damages in large parts of the Murnei&#8217;s cultivated lands. The farmer appealed to the West Darfur state authorities to intervene.<\/p>\n<p>The military commander of Azerni, east of El Geneina town, and tribal leaders decided on 4 December that the people of Azerni have to pay a large amount to the herders, as a compensation for the deaths of two of their companions. They were killed in a clash with farmers the previous day.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">The commissioner of Kereinik locality, Younes El Haj, said that <\/span>frictions and disputes between pastoralists and farmers \u201cexist since ancient times\u201d last week, and that the parties should \u201cresolve their conflicts peacefully with the support of&nbsp;<em>Ajaweed&nbsp;<\/em>[arbitration council of elders], not with arms\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><em>File photo: Farm in West Darfur (source unknown)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Related:<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/84685\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Darfur residents flee as herders threaten to attack<\/a>&nbsp;(5 December 2014)<\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-large superwebshare-button-square superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #d52631;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share article<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farmers of Murnei and surrounding villages in West Darfur have complained again about herders who force them to let their livestock graze on cultivated land. Kereinik locality has been the stage of fighting and tension between the two parties since the start of the harvesting. A farmer in the locality told Radio Dabanga that \u201cmilitant herders\u201d have started to release their cattle on the farms since the harvest season began. \u201cNo one dares to chase them out because of the their threats to use arms against us.\u201d He added that the trespassers have caused terrible damages in large parts of the Murnei&#8217;s cultivated lands. The farmer appealed to the West Darfur state authorities to intervene. The military commander of Azerni, east of El Geneina town, and tribal leaders decided on 4 December that the people of Azerni have to pay a large amount to the herders, as a compensation for the deaths of two of their companions. They were killed in a clash with farmers the previous day. The commissioner of Kereinik locality, Younes El Haj, said that frictions and disputes between pastoralists and farmers \u201cexist since ancient times\u201d last week, and that the parties should \u201cresolve their conflicts peacefully with the support of\u00a0Ajaweed\u00a0[arbitration council of elders], not with arms\u201d. File photo: Farm in West Darfur (source unknown) Related:\u00a0West Darfur residents flee as herders threaten to attack\u00a0(5 December 2014)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>West Darfur farmers despair militant herders - Dabanga Radio TV Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/west-darfur-farmers-despair-militant-herders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"West Darfur farmers despair militant herders - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Farmers of Murnei and surrounding villages in West Darfur have complained again about herders who force them to let their livestock graze on cultivated land. Kereinik locality has been the stage of fighting and tension between the two parties since the start of the harvesting. A farmer in the locality told Radio Dabanga that \u201cmilitant herders\u201d have started to release their cattle on the farms since the harvest season began. \u201cNo one dares to chase them out because of the their threats to use arms against us.\u201d He added that the trespassers have caused terrible damages in large parts of the Murnei&#039;s cultivated lands. The farmer appealed to the West Darfur state authorities to intervene. The military commander of Azerni, east of El Geneina town, and tribal leaders decided on 4 December that the people of Azerni have to pay a large amount to the herders, as a compensation for the deaths of two of their companions. They were killed in a clash with farmers the previous day. 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