{"id":187198,"date":"2013-07-29T19:55:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/transporters-block-nyala-bridge-to-protest-darfur-fuel-crisis\/"},"modified":"2013-07-29T19:55:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T19:55:00","slug":"transporters-block-nyala-bridge-to-protest-darfur-fuel-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/transporters-block-nyala-bridge-to-protest-darfur-fuel-crisis","title":{"rendered":"Transporters block Nyala bridge to protest Darfur fuel crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The owners of rickshaws and various transportation vehicles blocked the Mecca Bridge in Nyala, capital of South Darfur on Saturday in protest against the fuel crisis currently gripping the state.<\/p>\n<p>The protest blocked the main link between the southern and northern side of Sudan\u2019s second-largest city.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses told Radio Dabanga the protesters complain that the government forces \u201ctake advantage of their influence to obtain large quantities if fuel, even cutting into the share set aside for civilian use\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This, the sources point out, \u201cis not in accordance with the fuel ration card solution developed by the Ministry of Finance\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>One vehicle owner said that while the official price for a gallon of petrol at the pump is SDG20 ($4.55), the price has soared to SDG60 ($13.67) on the black market.<\/p>\n<p><em>File photo: Transport in Darfur (Albert Gonz\u00e1lez Farran\/Unamid)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Related:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/53712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sudanese Communist Party criticises lifting of fuel, sugar subsidies<\/a> (22 July 2013)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.6em; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #1a1a1a;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/52433\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fuel prices, transport fares double in Nyala, South Darfur<\/a>&nbsp;(27 June 2013)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.6em; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #1a1a1a;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/52306\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Fuel price rise may impact on commodity prices in Sudan&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;(25 June 2013)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.6em; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif;\"><!--break--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>The owners of rickshaws and various transportation vehicles blocked the Mecca Bridge in Nyala, capital of South Darfur on Saturday in protest against the fuel crisis currently gripping the state. The protest blocked the main link between the southern and northern side of Sudan\u2019s second-largest city. Witnesses told Radio Dabanga the protesters complain that the government forces \u201ctake advantage of their influence to obtain large quantities if fuel, even cutting into the share set aside for civilian use\u201d. This, the sources point out, \u201cis not in accordance with the fuel ration card solution developed by the Ministry of Finance\u201d. One vehicle owner said that while the official price for a gallon of petrol at the pump is SDG20 ($4.55), the price has soared to SDG60 ($13.67) on the black market. File photo: Transport in Darfur (Albert Gonz\u00e1lez Farran\/Unamid) Related: Sudanese Communist Party criticises lifting of fuel, sugar subsidies (22 July 2013)Fuel prices, transport fares double in Nyala, South Darfur\u00a0(27 June 2013)&#8217;Fuel price rise may impact on commodity prices in Sudan&#8217;\u00a0(25 June 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-187198","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>Transporters block Nyala bridge to protest Darfur fuel crisis - 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\/transporters-block-nyala-bridge-to-protest-darfur-fuel-crisis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Transporters block Nyala bridge to protest Darfur fuel crisis - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The owners of rickshaws and various transportation vehicles blocked the Mecca Bridge in Nyala, capital of South Darfur on Saturday in protest against the fuel crisis currently gripping the state. 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