I-NAIROBI - Abaphangi baseSomalia baqweqwedise enye inqanawa ngoLwesithathu kwaye iqela laselwandle lathi abakhenkethi ababini baseFransi abaqweqwediswe elwandle kwiveki ephelileyo babanjwe ngompu befuna intlawulelo engaphezulu kwe-1.4 yezigidi zeedola.
I-arhente yeendaba yaseSeoul iYonhap ithe inqanawa yemithwalo yaseSouth Korea ithinjwe kunxweme lwaseSomalia. Yathi abasebenzi bayo babandakanya abantu abasithoba baseMzantsi Korea, kodwa babengenazo ezinye iinkcukacha zangoku.
Inkqubo yoNcedo lwabaSebenzi baseLwandle baseMpuma Afrika yathiya esi sibini saseFransi sathimba ilizwe laseAfrika elingenamthetho nge-3 kaSeptemba njengoJean-Yves Delanne nenkosikazi yakhe uBernardette. Ithe isikhephe sabo sobutofotofo ngoku sisetyenziselwa ukuzingela amaxhoba amaninzi.
"Iingxelo ezisuka ngqo eSomalia zibonakalisa ukuba aba bantu baphoswe kunxweme lwaseSomalia kufutshane ne-Alula ... ukusuka apho iqela leqela lemigulukudu liye labarhuqela kwindawo efihlakeleyo kwiintaba ze-Xaabo," itshilo iqela lezaselwandle elizinze eKenya kwingxelo.
Yathi abaqweqwedisi bafuna intlawulelo “engaphezulu” kwe-1.4 yezigidi zeedola ukuze bakhulule aba babanjwa babini.
Ithe ikwafuna ukukhululwa kwabanye abaphangi abathandathu abathinjwa kule ndawo ngo-Epreli ngexesha lokugqogqa kwenqwelo-ntaka yi-commandos yase-France emva kokuba enye i-yacht yaseFransi ithinjwe.
"Ukusebenza kweenqanawa okanye ungenelelo lomkhosi kusenokwenzeka ukuba lubeka ubomi babathinjwa emngciphekweni," eli qela lalumkisa.
AMANZI AYINGOZI
Abadubuli baseSomalia abaxhobe kakhulu babambe iinqanawa ezingaphezu kwama-30 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kulo nyaka, besenza iindlela ezixakekileyo zeenqanawa ezinqumla kwiGulf of Aden zezona ziyingozi emhlabeni.
Babambe iinqanawa ezili-10 zentlawulelo kunye nabasebenzi abamalunga ne-130.
Inkqubo yoNcedo lwabaSebenzi baseLwandle ithe isikhephe sesi sibini saseFransi, esiziimitha ezingama-24 (iinyawo ezingama-79) ezinemawele e-Carre D'as IV, ngoku sisetyenziswa ngabaphangi baselwandle ukuqalisa uhlaselo olutsha.
“Isenokusetyenziswa njengenkohliso ukusondela kwezinye iiyacht ezingalindelanga okanye ukulinganisa kwaye ubonise ukusilela kwenjini okanye enye imeko kaxakeka elwandle, apho iya kuhlasela nayiphi na inqanawa esondelayo ukuze ibonelele ngoncedo,” yatsho.
Iqela labaselwandle lathi isikhephe sinokukhatshwa sisikhephe esincinci esinesantya esiphezulu esinamalungu aphakathi kwamahlanu ukuya kwesixhenxe axhobe ngoombayimbayi, bazookas kunye neziqhushumbisi eziqhutywayo.
“Ezi zikhephe zohlaselo zizisa uhlaselo olukhawulezileyo nolunzima,” yatsho. Ukuba kukho nabuphi na ubuchwephesha obubonwe, iqela lalumkisa, iinqanawa kufuneka zizame ukubaleka kwangoko ngelixa zilungiselela ukukhwela.
Ubundlobongela elwandle buye banda njengoko iSomalia iwela kwimeko yokungakhuseleki okubi kakhulu kwiminyaka eyi-17 kunye nengxaki ebhubhisayo yoluntu. Isizwe esihlwempuzekileyo asikhange sibe norhulumente osebenzayo ukusukela oko iinkosi zabhukuqa uzwilakhe u-Mohamed Siad Barre ngo-1991.
INkqubo yoNcedo lwabaSebenzi baselwandle ithi iinkampani zeenqanawa bezixelelwe iminyaka ukuba zingahlawuleli abaphangi, kodwa abanini bemithwalo engekho mthethweni bebesoloko bekwenza oko.
“Ngoku amaqela akreqileyo aye aqhelana nale nto, aye aphucuka ngakumbi kwaye ingxaki iphuma nakuwuphi na umlinganiselo,” yatsho.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “It might very well be used as a decoy to approach other unsuspecting yachts or simulate and signal an engine failure or other emergency at sea, whereby it then would attack any ship coming closer in order to provide assistance,”.
- Ithe ikwafuna ukukhululwa kwabanye abaphangi abathandathu abathinjwa kule ndawo ngo-Epreli ngexesha lokugqogqa kwenqwelo-ntaka yi-commandos yase-France emva kokuba enye i-yacht yaseFransi ithinjwe.
- Somali pirates hijacked yet another ship on Wednesday and a maritime group said two French tourists kidnapped at sea a week ago were being held by gunmen demanding a ransom of more than $1.
