I-BAMAKO - Imikhosi yoKhuseleko evela eMali naseNiger ikhangela umda wabo owabelwana ngawo kubantu baseYurophu abane ababanjiweyo kodwa akukabikho uphawu lwabakhenkethi, amagosa avela kumazwe omabini.
Abemi ababini baseSwitzerland, iJamani kunye neBriton bathinjwa ngoLwesine ngamadoda axhobileyo kwindawo ekude yaseSahara eMali apho ingqokelela yabavukeli, abaphangi kunye namajoni angamaSilamsi asebenza, kuphela inyanga emva kokuba unozakuzaku waseCanada uRobert Fowler kunye nomncedisi wakhe banyamalala eNiger.
IMali iqale yatyhola abavukeli beTuareg ngokuxhwilwa ngoLwesine, kodwa igosa lomkhosi laseMaliya lathi olu hlaselo alunazimpawu zika-Iraima Bahanga, enye yeenkokeli eziphikisayo zaseTuareg.
“Ayisosimbo sikaBhahanga ukuqweqwedisa abakhenkethi okanye ukushiya izithuthi,” utshilo. “Le ndlela iyafana naleyo yakhe nabani na oqweqwedisa abantu baseCanada eNiger,” utshilo.
Abakhenkethi abane baseYurophu baqhutywa bawela umda bangena eNiger ngabaqweqwedisi babo, iMali yatsho ngoLwesihlanu.
Oonozakuzaku bavakalise inkxalabo yokuba iphiko le-al Qaeda kumntla Afrika linokuthi lithathe ithuba lokuchas’ umthetho kulo mmandla ukuze liqhube okanye lifumane inzuzo ngokuxhwilwa.
Amagosa eNiger athi ekuqaleni kwale nyanga "amaqela amaSilamsi axhobileyo" anokuthi abambe uFowler.
“Esi ayisosihlandlo sokuqala abaphangi abaxhobileyo bexhwila abantu eMali okanye eNiger, ke sisebenza kunye ukuze sifumane abenzi bobubi,” latsho igosa eliphezulu kumkhosi waseNiger, nokwafanisa isehlo sangoLwesine nokuxhwilwa kukaFowler.
Ukuxhwilwa kwabakhenkethi abane, ababezimase umnyhadala wenkcubeko yeTuareg, yayisesona siganeko sibi kakhulu eMali ukusukela oko iqela labavukeli bamaSilamsi lathimba iindwendwe ezingama-32 zaseYurophu eSahara ngo-2003, libambe ezinye zazo iinyanga ezintandathu.
Ngo-Okthobha ophelileyo, abantu ababini ababekhenketha iiholide base-Austrian bakhululwa eMali emva kokubanjwa e-Sahara kangangeenyanga ngabavukeli bamaSilamsi.
