{"id":184338,"date":"2014-09-23T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T14:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/rape-attempt-beating-protection-fees-imposed-in-central-darfur\/"},"modified":"2014-09-23T14:16:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T14:16:00","slug":"rape-attempt-beating-protection-fees-imposed-in-central-darfur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/rape-attempt-beating-protection-fees-imposed-in-central-darfur","title":{"rendered":"Rape attempt, beating, \u2018protection fees\u2019 imposed in Central Darfur"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Nierteti locality, Central Darfur, two militiamen attempted to rape a displaced woman on Sunday. The day before, gunmen injured a school student, because he refused to hand them his mobile. Farmers in the locality complain about extortion by militiamen.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Radio Dabanga, an eyewitness said that two men on horses assaulted Salwa Sherif (22) on her farmland in the area of Khor Ramla on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey beat her with their rifles, trying to rape her. She resisted, and they fled. She is now lying in bed at home in a bad condition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mobile phone<\/strong><\/p>\n

A group of militiamen attacked school student Mohamed Hamed Yagoub (12) of the Garsila camp for the displaced in Nierteti locality on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cYagoub was returning on his donkey from the farmland he had worked on, when a group of gunmen demanded his mobile telephone. He refused, whereupon they beat him in a most appalling way,\u201d one of his relatives told Radio Dabanga. \u201cWe took him to the hospital of Nierteti in critical condition, and filed a complaint at the police station.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cProtection fees\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

In the areas of Ki Beih, in the northern part of Nierteti locality, and Kubri El Nahal, south of Nierteti town, militiamen have imposed \u201cprotection fees\u201d on farmers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey told us to pay SDG 80 ($14) for every two acres, besides six malwa<\/em> (3.145 kg) of sorghum this week,\u201d a farmer reported to Radio Dabanga from Kubri El Nahal. He appealed to the authorities to put an end to the extortion of the farmers in the locality.<\/p>\n

File photo<\/em><\/p>\n

Related:<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/em>Displaced in North Darfur\u2019s Kutum to pay \u2018protection fees\u2019<\/a> (21 September 2014)<\/p>\n

Central Darfur woman beaten after rape attempt<\/a> (13 September 2014)<\/p>\n

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