{"id":186741,"date":"2013-10-22T19:32:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T19:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/militiamen-impose-protection-fees-on-central-darfur-farmers\/"},"modified":"2013-10-22T19:32:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T19:32:00","slug":"militiamen-impose-protection-fees-on-central-darfur-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/militiamen-impose-protection-fees-on-central-darfur-farmers","title":{"rendered":"Militiamen impose \u2018protection fees\u2019 on Central Darfur farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Militiamen have reportedly imposed \u201cfees\u201d on farmers in&nbsp;Nierteti locality, Central Darfur,&nbsp;before allowing them to harvest their crops.<\/p>\n<p>A farmer told Radio Dabanga that \u201cgovernment-backed militias\u201d imposed a fee of SDG50 ($11) and 9kg of sorghum per acre in exchange for their \u201cprotection\u201d during harvesting.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the farmers were forced to pay in order not to lose their crops, as the government refuses to protect them. Moreover, this year&#8217;s agricultural season has not been very good, the farmer added.<\/p>\n<p><em>File photo by Albert Gonz\u00e1lez Farran \/Unamid<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Related:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/57618\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>&nbsp;<\/em>Central Darfur town of Mukjar besieged by militias, farmers unable to harvest<\/a>&nbsp;(22 October 2013)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/53660\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Farmers quit as militiamen levy \u2018rent\u2019 for Central Darfur land<\/a> (21 July 2013)<\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>Militiamen have reportedly imposed \u201cfees\u201d on farmers in\u00a0Nierteti locality, Central Darfur,\u00a0before allowing them to harvest their crops. A farmer told Radio Dabanga that \u201cgovernment-backed militias\u201d imposed a fee of SDG50 ($11) and 9kg of sorghum per acre in exchange for their \u201cprotection\u201d during harvesting. He said that the farmers were forced to pay in order not to lose their crops, as the government refuses to protect them. Moreover, this year&#8217;s agricultural season has not been very good, the farmer added. File photo by Albert Gonz\u00e1lez Farran \/Unamid Related:\u00a0Central Darfur town of Mukjar besieged by militias, farmers unable to harvest\u00a0(22 October 2013)Farmers quit as militiamen levy \u2018rent\u2019 for Central Darfur land (21 July 2013)<\/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-186741","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>Militiamen impose \u2018protection fees\u2019 on Central Darfur farmers - 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\/militiamen-impose-protection-fees-on-central-darfur-farmers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Militiamen impose \u2018protection fees\u2019 on Central Darfur farmers - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Militiamen have reportedly imposed \u201cfees\u201d on farmers in\u00a0Nierteti locality, Central Darfur,\u00a0before allowing them to harvest their crops. 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