Militiamen threaten to torch Darfur camp: Sheikh
A group of “pro government militiamen” are allegedly threatening to torch Moro camp in Sirba locality, unless the displaced pay compensation for a dead cow. A sheikh from the camp told Radio Dabanga that on Tuesday, the militiamen demanded SDG1,600 ($365) compensation for the cow. “The gunmen have given us 24 hours to pay the compensation. If we do not, they have threatened to set the camp on fire,” the sheikh said. “When we threatened to report them to the police and the Sirba Commissioner, they said that they do not recognise any authority – that they are the authority here.” He appealed to the state authorities and Unamid to protect them from the attacks and threats from the militias. File photo
A group of “pro government militiamen” are allegedly threatening to torch Moro camp in Sirba locality, unless the displaced pay compensation for a dead cow.
A sheikh from the camp told Radio Dabanga that on Tuesday, the militiamen demanded SDG1,600 ($365) compensation for the cow.
“The gunmen have given us 24 hours to pay the compensation. If we do not, they have threatened to set the camp on fire,” the sheikh said.
“When we threatened to report them to the police and the Sirba Commissioner, they said that they do not recognise any authority – that they are the authority here.”
He appealed to the state authorities and Unamid to protect them from the attacks and threats from the militias.
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