{"id":186103,"date":"2014-01-20T15:35:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/21-500-central-darfur-shops-closed-in-protest-against-army-fees\/"},"modified":"2014-01-20T15:35:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-20T15:35:00","slug":"21-500-central-darfur-shops-closed-in-protest-against-army-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/21-500-central-darfur-shops-closed-in-protest-against-army-fees","title":{"rendered":"21,500 Central Darfur shops closed in protest against \u2018army fees\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shops in Zalingei, the capital of Central Darfur, closed their doors from Thursday to Sunday in protest against fees imposed on traders in support of the&nbsp;Sudan Armed Forces operations in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Merchants confirmed to Radio Dabanga that more than 21,500 shops at the markets of Zalingei, including the southern market, the grand market and Touro market were closed in protest against the fees ranging from SDG250 ($44) to SDG500 ($88), imposed by the authorities in support of Sudan\u2019s military operations.<\/p>\n<p>The merchants described the fees as unjust. \u201cThe levying of these fees is not in the interest of the citizens, the nation, or the trade. 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Merchants confirmed to Radio Dabanga that more than 21,500 shops at the markets of Zalingei, including the southern market, the grand market and Touro market were closed in protest against the fees ranging from SDG250 ($44) to SDG500 ($88), imposed by the authorities in support of Sudan\u2019s military operations. The merchants described the fees as unjust. \u201cThe levying of these fees is not in the interest of the citizens, the nation, or the trade. It only creates more hardships\u00a0to all of us by narrowing our scope of livelihood.\u201d File photo: President Omar Al Bashir inspects army troops during a parade Related:\u00a0Criticizing South Darfur camp leaders arrested (17 January 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-186103","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>21,500 Central Darfur shops closed in protest against \u2018army fees\u2019 - 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\/21-500-central-darfur-shops-closed-in-protest-against-army-fees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"21,500 Central Darfur shops closed in protest against \u2018army fees\u2019 - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Shops in Zalingei, the capital of Central Darfur, closed their doors from Thursday to Sunday in protest against fees imposed on traders in support of the\u00a0Sudan Armed Forces operations in the country. 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