{"id":3469,"date":"2024-08-23T20:10:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T20:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3469"},"modified":"2024-08-23T20:10:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T20:10:38","slug":"military-presence-reinforced-in-mion-and-kulkpeni-amid-market-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3469","title":{"rendered":"Military Presence Reinforced in Mion and Kulkpeni Amid Market Dispute&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/soldiers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/soldiers.jpg 640w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/soldiers-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The military has been deployed to Mion and Kulkpeni communities in the Northern Region to address tensions following the alleged illegal opening of a market by the Konkombas in Kulkpeni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The intervention came on Saturday, August 17, to prevent escalation of violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tensions began after a communal clash in Zogbei, Mion District, two weeks ago, which resulted in over seven deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to the clash, Konkombas in the Mion District chose to boycott the Mion market and establish their own market in Kulkpeni, near Yendi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This move heightened tensions between residents of Yendi and Mion, with threats to forcibly shut down the Kulkpeni market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Yendi Municipal Security Council has urged adherence to proper procedures for officially opening the market, but these efforts have not succeeded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Friday, August 23, being a market day, fears of potential violence prompted the deployment of military forces to maintain order and prevent unrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The military has been deployed to Mion and Kulkpeni communities in the Northern Region to address tensions following the alleged illegal opening of a market [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3469"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3471,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3469\/revisions\/3471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}