{"id":187096,"date":"2013-08-19T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/herdsmen-beat-80-year-old-woman-in-west-darfur-source\/"},"modified":"2013-08-19T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T23:00:00","slug":"herdsmen-beat-80-year-old-woman-in-west-darfur-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/herdsmen-beat-80-year-old-woman-in-west-darfur-source","title":{"rendered":"Herdsmen beat 80-year-old woman in West Darfur: source"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An elderly displaced woman has reportedly suffered two torn eyeballs on Monday after being whipped and beaten, allegedly by pro-government militiamen, at Abu Suruj near Sirba in West Darfur.<\/p>\n<p>An activist told Radio Dabanga that \u201cFatima Assad (80) was tending her farm when a group of armed men whipped her and beat her with sticks and rifle butts\u201d on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The source said that Assad was attempting to prevent the herdsmen from allowing their livestock to graze on her farm.<\/p>\n<p>As previously reported, frequent reports reach Radio Dabanga of similar assaults by herdsmen on farmers throughout Darfur.<\/p>\n<p>The activist said that Assad was taken to hospital in state capital El Geneina for treatment, and appealed through Radio Dabanga for local authorities and Unamid to protect the displaced and end these attacks.<\/p>\n<p><em>File photo: Displaced Darfuri women (Albert Gonz\u00e1lez Farran\/Unamid)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Related: <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/54114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Herdsmen graze livestock on Darfur farms at gunpoint\u2019: farmers<\/a> (31 July 2013)<\/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>An elderly displaced woman has reportedly suffered two torn eyeballs on Monday after being whipped and beaten, allegedly by pro-government militiamen, at Abu Suruj near Sirba in West Darfur. An activist told Radio Dabanga that \u201cFatima Assad (80) was tending her farm when a group of armed men whipped her and beat her with sticks and rifle butts\u201d on Monday evening. The source said that Assad was attempting to prevent the herdsmen from allowing their livestock to graze on her farm. As previously reported, frequent reports reach Radio Dabanga of similar assaults by herdsmen on farmers throughout Darfur. The activist said that Assad was taken to hospital in state capital El Geneina for treatment, and appealed through Radio Dabanga for local authorities and Unamid to protect the displaced and end these attacks. File photo: Displaced Darfuri women (Albert Gonz\u00e1lez Farran\/Unamid) Related: \u2018Herdsmen graze livestock on Darfur farms at gunpoint\u2019: farmers (31 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-187096","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>Herdsmen beat 80-year-old woman in West Darfur: source - 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\/herdsmen-beat-80-year-old-woman-in-west-darfur-source\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Herdsmen beat 80-year-old woman in West Darfur: source - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An elderly displaced woman has reportedly suffered two torn eyeballs on Monday after being whipped and beaten, allegedly by pro-government militiamen, at Abu Suruj near Sirba in West Darfur. 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