2006年VOA标准英语-Darfur Rebels Troubled by Fighting Along B

By Gilbert Da Costa
Abuja
06 February 2006

Honor guard of African Union peacekeepers at El-Fasher, western Sudan   
  
One of the main rebel groups in the Western Sudan Darfur region is calling for the African Union and United Nations to intervene urgently to halt further fighting along the Chad-Sudan border.

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The Justice and Equality Movement, one of the two main rebel factions¹ in Darfur, accuses the Sudan government of violating an existing ceasefire by sending troops and weapons to the border with Chad.

Sudan government forces have been deployed² along the border to contain raids by Chadian rebel groups based in Sudan.

The leader of the Justice and Equality Movement delegation³ at the ongoing⁴ Abuja peace talks, Ahmed Tugod, says the fighting is having  a profound effect on the peace process.

"I think the developments in western Darfur and the borders between Chad and Sudan have grave concerns relating to the whole process, whether inside Sudan or in the peace process here," he said. "As far as the situation in Western Darfur is concerned, the Sudan government harbored a group of Chadian rebels and as a result of this, the presence of Chadian rebels, the Chadian government is also concerned about what is going at the border. This created tension in the area and also gave the Sudan government a chance to bring more troops and weapons in the area. This is a clear violation⁵ of the Ndjamena ceasefire agreement."

Tugod is also calling for a quick intervention⁶ by the African Union, which has about 7,000 troops in the region, as well as the United Nations.

"We talked two days ago with Jan Pronk, the special representative of the UN secretary general in Sudan about the developments and we asked the African Union to increase their presence in Western Darfur, basically these are areas where there are many camps for refugees and IDPs [internally displaced people]. So it is very important that the African Union has to take steps in order to protect the civilians⁷ and also in order to calm down the situation on the ground," noted⁸ Tugod. "On the other hand, the United Nations, the security council has to play a major role to curb⁹ the situation."

Human Rights Watch says attacks on Chadian villages by militias¹⁰ operating from Darfur could widen the conflict that has killed more than 300,000 people in Sudan.

The New York-based group alleges¹¹ the Sudan government is complicit in the cross-border raids. The United Nations is expected to send about 20,000 peacekeepers to Darfur to replace over-stretched African Union troops.

The immediate¹² task of the proposed force will be to improve security and humanitarian¹³ activities.

1 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

2 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。

3 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

4 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

5 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

6 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。

7 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

8 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

9 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

10 militias   

n.民兵组织，民兵( militia的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
• The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网

11 alleges   

断言，宣称，辩解( allege的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The newspaper article alleges that the mayor is corrupt. 报纸上断言该市长腐败。
• Steven was tardy this morning and alleges that his bus was late. 史提芬今天早上迟到的说词是公车误点了。

12 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

13 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。