Urhulumente wase-UK ubongoza abakhenkethi ukuba bangandwendweli iTimbuktu emantla eMali ngenxa yesoyikiso sobunqolobi.
Idolophu ekude ibandakanyiwe kwingcebiso yohambo ehlaziyiweyo ekhutshwe yiOfisi yezaNgaphandle.
Umkhenkethi waseBritane, u-Edwin Dyer, wabulawa eMali ngoJuni liqela elibanga amakhonkco e-al-Qaeda.
Kodwa amagosa asekuhlaleni agxininisa ukuba eso sisongelo sibaxiwe. Bathi izilumkiso ezinje sele zinefuthe eliqhwalelayo kwishishini lezokhenketho.
Ummandla omkhulu weNtlango yeSahara ngoku usetyenziswa njengendawo yokuzimela inani elincinane lamajoni aphuma kwiqela elaziwa njenge-al-Qaeda kwi-Islamic Maghreb.
Kwezi nyanga zidlulileyo bathimbe abantu abaninzi baseNtshona ukuze babahlawulele - ngamanye amaxesha bababambe kumazwe angaphandle babase eMali - kwaye balwe idabi ngokuchasene norhulumente kunye nemikhosi yamajoni.
Kutyelelo kulo mmandla, uMphathiswa weOfisi yezaNgaphandle u-Ivan Lewis uthe kukho ingozi yokwenyani imeko yokhuseleko inokuwohloka.
“Kufuneka sijongane nale nto ngeendlela ezininzi,” utshilo.
“Siyazi ukuba i-al-Qaeda ijonge ukusasaza imisebenzi yayo kwiindawo ekholelwa ukuba ukhuseleko lukarhulumente alwanelanga kwaye lubuthathaka, kwaye abantu bahlupheka.
“Ifuna ukubhenela kubemi kwaye ibonelele ngentlalontle kwasekuqaleni. [Kufuneka sidibanise] ukhuseleko nophuhliso.”
Kodwa kwizitrato ezinesanti zaseTimbuktu, abantu bagxininisa ukuba isoyikiso siyabaxwa.
Bathi uninzi lweziganeko zenzeke kude nedolophu ngokwayo.
“Sikhuseleke ngokupheleleyo kwaye sinoxolo,” utshilo irhuluneli yengingqi uCol Mamadou Mangara.
Kodwa wongeze wathi: “Ukuba isoyikiso siyinyani, ngoko ke amagunya amakhulu ehlabathi anoxanduva loku… asinike iindlela zokusilwa ngaphambi kokuba kube kudala kakhulu.
“Sililizwe elihlwempuzekileyo kwaye iSahara inkulu. Sidinga izithuthi, izixhobo. ”
I-US sele iphendule ngeNtsebenziswano yokuLwa nobunqolobi eTrans-Sahara - iminyaka emihlanu, inkqubo ye-500 yezigidi zeedola ejolise kumazwe alithoba ase-Afrika.
Kodwa irhuluneli yommandla ithi intlupheko, hayi ubunqolobi, sesona soyikiso sikhulu.
Kwaye amagosa asekuhlaleni axoxa ukuba iingcebiso zohambo ezingezizo zinyusa intlupheko.
UCol Mangara uthe bangama-7,203 abakhenkethi abatyelele le dolophu ngo-2008, kodwa bangama-3,700 kuphela phakathi kukaJanuwari no-Okthobha ka-2009.
Kwinyanga ezayo kubanjwe umnyhadala okhethekileyo ngethemba lokukhuthaza iindwendwe.
Isenzo saseMelika
IOfisi yezangaphandle ithi isoyikiso sobunqolobi, kunye nokuxhwilwa ngokukodwa, ngoku kuphezulu eTimbuktu. Abahambi bayabongozwa ukuba baphephe yonke indawo esemantla eMali.
