{"id":3532,"date":"2024-08-23T22:07:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T22:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3532"},"modified":"2024-08-23T22:07:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T22:07:03","slug":"northern-region-on-edge-as-kulkpeni-market-dispute-escalates-military-called-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3532","title":{"rendered":"Northern Region on Edge as Kulkpeni Market Dispute Escalates, Military Called In&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"295\" height=\"154\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/89145306.295.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3533\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tensions have flared in the Northern Region following the alleged establishment of a new market at Kulkpeni by the Konkomba and Kulkpeni communities.<br><br>The move comes in the wake of a deadly communal clash in Zogbei, in the Mion District, two weeks ago, which claimed over seven lives, citinewsroom.com reports.<br><br>In response to the recent violence, military forces have been deployed to the area to prevent further escalation, the report added.<br><br>The deployment took place on Saturday, August 17, amid fears of renewed unrest.<br><br>The controversy began when the Konkombas in the Mion District decided to boycott the Mion Market and create their own market in Kulkpeni, a community near Yendi.<br><br>This decision has significantly heightened tensions between the Yendi and Mion districts, with residents from both areas threatening to forcibly shut down the newly-established Kulkpeni Market.<br><br>Despite efforts by the Yendi Municipal Security Council to urge that proper procedures be followed to officially open the market, these attempts have so far been unsuccessful, the report said.<br><br>With Friday, August 23, being a scheduled market day, concerns over potential violence led to the deployment of military forces to ensure peace and prevent any unrests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions have flared in the Northern Region following the alleged establishment of a new market at Kulkpeni by the Konkomba and Kulkpeni communities. The move [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3532","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\/3532","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=3532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3534,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3532\/revisions\/3534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}