{"id":185593,"date":"2014-03-26T20:38:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T20:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/el-fasher-kutum-road-closed-in-north-darfur\/"},"modified":"2014-03-26T20:38:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T20:38:00","slug":"el-fasher-kutum-road-closed-in-north-darfur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/el-fasher-kutum-road-closed-in-north-darfur","title":{"rendered":"El Fasher-Kutum road closed in North Darfur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The El Fasher-Kutum road has been closed for the fourth consecutive day because of the insecurity in the area caused by attacks and looting by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Kutum locality.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Radio Dabanga, a trader from Kutum complained about the closure of the road, although he admitted that the traffic would certainly be prone to attacks. Trade has halted after the RSF attacked the areas of Hashaba, Um Sidir, and Baashim, northeast of Kutum town on Sunday. Twenty-five villages burned to ashes and more than 30,000 people were displaced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Newly displaced<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The population of the rural areas of El Fasher, Korma, and Kutum, who fled their homes, seeking refuge in the Unamid team site in Korma, El Fasher, or in the camps for the displaced in El Fasher locality, are in dire need of food, shelter, and medicines, the trader added. \u201cI have travelled around, and found newly displaced in various places, surviving in the open, without receiving any support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people are wondering why UN agencies and international organisations do not intervene and provide them with aid. They also ask why Unamid cannot protect them against the militia attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>File photo: Newly displaced in Shangil Tobaya, North Darfur (Albert Gonzalez Farran\/Unamid)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Related:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/69786\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Insecurity in North Darfur leads to lack of drinking water<\/a> (26 March 2014)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/69111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Attacks in North Darfur\u2019s Kutum displace more than 30,000<\/a> (17 March 2014)<!--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 El Fasher-Kutum road has been closed for the fourth consecutive day because of the insecurity in the area caused by attacks and looting by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Kutum locality. Speaking to Radio Dabanga, a trader from Kutum complained about the closure of the road, although he admitted that the traffic would certainly be prone to attacks. Trade has halted after the RSF attacked the areas of Hashaba, Um Sidir, and Baashim, northeast of Kutum town on Sunday. Twenty-five villages burned to ashes and more than 30,000 people were displaced. Newly displaced The population of the rural areas of El Fasher, Korma, and Kutum, who fled their homes, seeking refuge in the Unamid team site in Korma, El Fasher, or in the camps for the displaced in El Fasher locality, are in dire need of food, shelter, and medicines, the trader added. \u201cI have travelled around, and found newly displaced in various places, surviving in the open, without receiving any support.\u201d \u201cThe people are wondering why UN agencies and international organisations do not intervene and provide them with aid. They also ask why Unamid cannot protect them against the militia attacks.\u201d File photo: Newly displaced in Shangil Tobaya, North Darfur (Albert Gonzalez Farran\/Unamid) Related:Insecurity in North Darfur leads to lack of drinking water (26 March 2014) Attacks in North Darfur\u2019s Kutum displace more than 30,000 (17 March 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-185593","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>El Fasher-Kutum road closed in North Darfur - 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\/el-fasher-kutum-road-closed-in-north-darfur\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"El Fasher-Kutum road closed in North Darfur - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The El Fasher-Kutum road has been closed for the fourth consecutive day because of the insecurity in the area caused by attacks and looting by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Kutum locality. 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They also ask why Unamid cannot protect them against the militia attacks.\u201d File photo: Newly displaced in Shangil Tobaya, North Darfur (Albert Gonzalez Farran\/Unamid) Related:Insecurity in North Darfur leads to lack of drinking water (26 March 2014) Attacks in North Darfur\u2019s Kutum displace more than 30,000 (17 March 2014)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/el-fasher-kutum-road-closed-in-north-darfur\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dabangasudan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-03-26T20:38:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cropped-dabanga-logo-zondernaam-512x512-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dabanga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Radiodabanga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Radiodabanga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dabanga\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/all-news\\\/article\\\/el-fasher-kutum-road-closed-in-north-darfur#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/all-news\\\/article\\\/el-fasher-kutum-road-closed-in-north-darfur\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dabanga\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8286733fdc3467934c628badb2395f23\"},\"headline\":\"El Fasher-Kutum road closed in North Darfur\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-03-26T20:38:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/all-news\\\/article\\\/el-fasher-kutum-road-closed-in-north-darfur\"},\"wordCount\":236,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/all-news\\\/article\\\/el-fasher-kutum-road-closed-in-north-darfur\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/all-news\\\/article\\\/el-fasher-kutum-road-closed-in-north-darfur\",\"name\":\"El Fasher-Kutum road closed in North Darfur - 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