叛军占领首都中非总统出逃

 　　BANGUI, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Central African Republic President Francois Bozize fled the presidential palace in the capital Bangui, where rebels declared control and their triumph on Sunday after months of southward push.

　　"The Rebels control the town... I hope there will not be any reprisals," presidency¹ spokesman Gaston Mackouzangba admitted in the day.

　　"We have taken the presidential palace. Bozize was not there, " Djouma Narkoyo, one of the rebel commanders, announced on behalf of Seleka, a loose coalition² of five factions³.

　　Chinese Ambassador to Central African Republic Sun Haichao told Xinhua on Sunday afternoon that the more than 60 Chinese nationals in Bangui would leave within the day.

　　China evacuated⁴ most of its citizens from the land-locked country at the end of last year, before the warring sides signed a truce⁵ in January 2013 in Libreville, the capital of Gabon.

　　Bozize's whereabouts remain unknown although speculation⁶ runs high that he might have fled into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) early Sunday, as Bangui borders its southern neighbor across the Oubangui River.

　　Kinshasa, however, denied the allegation on Sunday afternoon. "President Bozize did not ask to come to our country," Lambert Mende, the spokesman of DR Cong, told Xinhua, in response to reports that the Congolese government had asked the UN refugee agency UNHCR to help transport Bozize's family through the border town.

　　Rampant⁷ lootings were reported by some residents in Bangui after rebels entered the capital on Saturday.

　　Looters took advantage of the mess created by the fighting between rebels and government troops, several sources told Xinhua.

　　The reports confirmed fear expressed by residents about the aftermath of the fall of Bangui.

　　"Seleka leaders employ many mercenaries who have records of looting big cities they have taken. We are worried about the same thing here in Bangui, " a resident Pierre Marcel Kamba told Xinhua on Saturday.

　　Amid grave concern about a state of anarchy⁸, France says its has sent 350 troops to its former colony, where it now has 600 military personnel.

　　It is yet to see how Paris will deal with Seleka after its military intervention⁹ drove Al-Qaida linked rebels out of major towns in northern Mali in January.

　　On Sunday, French President Francois Hollande appealed to all the parties in Central African Republic "for calm and for dialogue" in light of the Libreville accord.

　　The French president "has taken action" on the departure of Bozize and contacted UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, his Chadian counterpart Idriss Deby and the Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC) on the situation of Central African Republic, according a communique released by l'Elysee.

　　Seleka launched a lightening blitz this week after giving the government a deadline to honor a peace deal signed in January to release political prisoners, integrate rebels into the national army and pull out South African and Ugandan troops deployed¹¹ in the country to protect the Bangui-based government.

　　The rebels opened a second front northwest of Bangui after capturing Bossembele, while the bulk of Seleka fighters claimed control of Bossangoa and Damara, 75 km from Bangui, which had been seen as a "red line" before the signing of the Libreville accord.

　　There were no reports of resistance when rebels overran both towns in the past days, despite the deployment¹² of troops from the CEEAC between Bangui and Seleka fighters.

　　Fierce fighting erupted between South African troops and rebels on Saturday at the entrance of Bangui, 12 km away from downtown.

　　South African troops sent to Bangui for the military training of local soldiers admitted casualties after two days of fighting with advancing rebels.

　　Seleka launched an insurgency¹³ on Dec. 10, 2012, accusing Bozize of failing to implement¹⁴ a series of peace accords signed in Libreville since 2007.

　　With the mediation¹⁵ of regional countries, the rival sides again went to Libreville on Jan. 11 to sign another agreement to end the crisis, under which Bozize, who came to power in 2003 in a military coup¹⁶, will have no part in the next presidential election while allowed to finish his current term of office.

　　A new government of national unity¹⁰ was formed under Prime Minister Nicolas Tiangaye in February.

　　The government called for dialogue after Seleka detained five cabinet ministers days ago during their visit to Sibut, a transportation hub 180 km from Bangui. The call was ignored by rebels who resumed fighting after their ultimatum¹⁷ given to the government expired.

　　Central African Republic, a country of 5 million population, has been haunted by instability and poverty since its independence from France in 1960. It is listed by the United Nations as one of the poorest in the world despite its rich resources.

1 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

2 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

3 factions   

组织中的小派别，派系( faction的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
• rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别

4 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

5 truce   

n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束

参考例句：

• The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
• She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。

6 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

7 rampant   

adj.(植物)蔓生的；狂暴的，无约束的

参考例句：

• Sickness was rampant in the area.该地区疾病蔓延。
• You cannot allow children to rampant through the museum.你不能任由小孩子在博物馆里乱跑。

8 anarchy   

n.无政府状态；社会秩序混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• There would be anarchy if we had no police.要是没有警察，社会就会无法无天。
• The country was thrown into a state of anarchy.这国家那时一下子陷入无政府状态。

9 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

10 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

11 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

12 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

13 insurgency   

n.起义；暴动；叛变

参考例句：

• And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国，动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
• Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网

14 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

15 mediation   

n.调解

参考例句：

• The dispute was settled by mediation of the third country. 这场争端通过第三国的斡旋而得以解决。
• The dispute was settled by mediation. 经调解使争端得以解决。

16 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

17 ultimatum   

n.最后通牒

参考例句：

• This time the proposal was couched as an ultimatum.这一次该提议是以最后通牒的形式提出来的。
• The cabinet met today to discuss how to respond to the ultimatum.内阁今天开会商量如何应对这道最后通牒。