{"id":185391,"date":"2014-04-25T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T19:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/north-darfur-vendors-strike-for-protection-against-militia\/"},"modified":"2014-04-25T19:15:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T19:15:00","slug":"north-darfur-vendors-strike-for-protection-against-militia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/north-darfur-vendors-strike-for-protection-against-militia","title":{"rendered":"North Darfur vendors strike for protection against militia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"OBJ_PREFIX_DWT457_com_zimbra_date\"><\/a>The shopkeepers of Birkat Seira in Saraf Umra locality, North Darfur, have entered into an open-ended strike since Wednesday. They are protesting against the looting and burning of a part of the market on Tuesday, for the third time in less than a week.<\/p>\n<p>One of the traders told Radio Dabanga that they have decided they would resume their business activities only after the security has improved. \u201cThe market stores are guarded by pro-government militias known as &#8216;A&#8217; and &#8216;C&#8217;,\u201d he said. He added that the leaders of the native administration of the government militias have intervened to resolve the problem.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, militiamen also plundered the market. A witness estimated the losses at thousands of Sudanese pounds. An entire Birkat Seira neighbourhood was stormed and pillaged on 17 April.<\/p>\n<p><em>File photo: Market in<\/em><em>&nbsp;Saraf Umra, North Darfur (Albert Gonz\u00e1lez Farran, Unamid)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Related:<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/71560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birkat Seira market looted, North Darfur<\/a>&nbsp;(23 April 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>The shopkeepers of Birkat Seira in Saraf Umra locality, North Darfur, have entered into an open-ended strike since Wednesday. They are protesting against the looting and burning of a part of the market on Tuesday, for the third time in less than a week. One of the traders told Radio Dabanga that they have decided they would resume their business activities only after the security has improved. \u201cThe market stores are guarded by pro-government militias known as &#8216;A&#8217; and &#8216;C&#8217;,\u201d he said. He added that the leaders of the native administration of the government militias have intervened to resolve the problem. On Sunday, militiamen also plundered the market. A witness estimated the losses at thousands of Sudanese pounds. An entire Birkat Seira neighbourhood was stormed and pillaged on 17 April. File photo: Market in\u00a0Saraf Umra, North Darfur (Albert Gonz\u00e1lez Farran, Unamid) Related:\u00a0Birkat Seira market looted, North Darfur\u00a0(23 April 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-185391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>North Darfur vendors strike for protection against militia - 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\/north-darfur-vendors-strike-for-protection-against-militia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"North Darfur vendors strike for protection against militia - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The shopkeepers of Birkat Seira in Saraf Umra locality, North Darfur, have entered into an open-ended strike since Wednesday. 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