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CNN
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Amazwe amaningana ase-sub-Saharan, okuhlanganisa i-Ivory Coast, iMali, iGuinea kanye neGabon, asiza izakhamizi zawo ukuthi zibuye eTunisia kulandela inkulumo engundabuzekwayo kamengameli wezwe ngenyanga edlule mayelana nokufudukela kwabantu kuleli ngokungemthetho ezweni laseNyakatho ne-Afrika.
Emhlanganweni woMkhandlu Kazwelonke Wezokuphepha waseTunisia ngo-February 21, uMongameli uKais Saied wachaza ukweqa imingcele okungemthetho okusuka e-Afrika eseningizimu yeSahara ukuya ezweni ngokuthi “ubugebengu obaqalwa ekuqaleni kwaleli khulu leminyaka ukuze kuguqulwe isimo sabantu baseTunisia.”
USaied uthe ukufuduka kwabantu kwamanye amazwe ngokungemthetho kuhlose ukuguqula iTunisia ibe “yizwe lase-Afrika kuphela elingeyona ingxenye yezwe lama-Arab kanye namaSulumane,” wengeza ngokuthi labo abaqhuba lolu hlelo bayabandakanyeka ekushushumbisweni kwabantu.
I-African Union izigxeke kakhulu izitatimende zikahulumeni waseTunisia, ezibiza ngokuthi “zobuhlanga” futhi “ziyashaqisa.”
“USihlalo ukhumbuza wonke amazwe, ikakhulukazi Amazwe Angamalungu eNhlangano Yamazwe ase-Afrika, ukuthi ahloniphe izibopho zawo ngaphansi komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe kanye namathuluzi e-African Union afanele ukuphatha bonke abokufika ngesizotha, noma ngabe baphumaphi, bagweme inkulumo enenzondo eqinile engalimaza abantu, futhi babeke phambili ukuphepha kwabo namalungelo abantu,” kusho i-AU esitatimendeni sangomhla zingama-24 kuNhlolanja.
Khonamanjalo, i-Ivory Coast ithe izakhamizi eziyi-145 zizobuyiselwa emakhaya ngoMgqibelo. i-state Ivorian Press Agency ibike ngoLwesihlanu.
IMali iphinde yamemezela ukubuyiselwa ngokuzithandela kwezakhamizi zayo ezivela eTunisia, ngokusho kombiko wangoLwesine Iphephandaba lombuso i-L’Essour. Ngaleso sikhathi, iGuinea uthumele izithombe ku-Twitter womholi wejunta uCol. Mamady Doumbouya emukela ababuya eGuinea esikhumulweni sezindiza eConakry ngoMgqibelo nangoLwesithathu olwedlule.
Inxusa laseGabon eTunisia lithe abafuduki abaningi abavela emazweni angaphansi kweSahara abasazizwa bephephile eTunisia futhi bathembisa ukubuyisela izakhamizi zakhona, okufanele kuze kube yiSonto zibhalisele ukubuyiselwa ngokuzithandela.
Ku enye inkulumo ngoFebhuwari 23uSaied wathi alukho ubandlululo eTunisia futhi wathi “abafowethu base-Afrika abahlala eTunisia ngokusemthethweni” bamukelekile kuleli zwe.
Iziphathimandla zaseTunisia zibophe abafuduki abangama-58 base-Afrika ngoLwesihlanu ngemuva kwezinsolo zokuwela umngcele futhi behlala kuleliya lizwe ngokungemthetho, ejensi yezindaba yezwe i-TAP kubika ngoMgqibelo.
