搜索关注在线英语听力室公众号:tingroom,领取免费英语资料大礼包。
(单词翻译)
By Franz Wild
Abidjan
23 May 2006
Suspected Tuareg rebels are reported to have occupied a town in the northeast of Mali. They are believed to be led by a high-ranking deserter from the Malian army.
---------------------------------------------------
Police in the northern town of Kidal say two soldiers were killed by the dozens of attacking Tuareg rebels. They are reported to have seized at least two army bases in northeast Mali.
Gunfire was reported from the camps. The rebels are now said to control Kidal, which is more than one-thousand kilometers from the Malian capital Bamako.
The government has not made any comment.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hassan Fagaga who quit the Malian army in February is believed to have led the attacks.
Many of Mali's Tuaregs promote autonomy for their region as they feel neglected by the state.
Mali witnessed a northern insurgency1 in the 1990s until the Malian army promised to integrate many of the rebels in a peace deal.
West Africa analyst2 Olly Owen says the attacks do not come as a surprise.
"The northern desert has never really been under firm state control," Owen says. "Just recently there has been a whole resurgence3 of militarized activity in that area. A colonel from the Malian army has deserted4 the army and is promoting autonomy for the region. It could be that this latest incident is related to that, but we do not have any confirmation5 of that."
Owen believes it is unlikely the struggle will lead to a clear political separation from Mail.
"The whole idea of autonomy for the northern Malian region is a little bit illusory," Owen says. "There are real concerns about decentralization and decentralization of powers, and that is a prime concern. But it is not a viable6 region in terms of it becoming a nation-state or any such thing."
The United States has been helping7 the Malian army in anti-terrorist training.
1 insurgency | |
n.起义;暴动;叛变 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
2 analyst | |
n.分析家,化验员;心理分析学家 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
3 resurgence | |
n.再起,复活,再现 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
4 deserted | |
adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
5 confirmation | |
n.证实,确认,批准 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
6 viable | |
adj.可行的,切实可行的,能活下去的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
7 helping | |
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
本文本内容来源于互联网抓取和网友提交,仅供参考,部分栏目没有内容,如果您有更合适的内容,欢迎 点击提交 分享给大家。