Umbuso wobugebengu eGulf of Aden

I-SANA'A, Yemen (eTN) – Imikhumbi edabula e-Gulf of Aden isesengozini yokuvinjwa abaphangi basolwandle, okuyinto ebeka engcupheni enkulu ezokuphepha olwandle lwamazwe ngamazwe.

Emasontweni amathathu okuqala kaSepthemba okungenani izigameko eziyisishiyagalombili zokuphanga zenzeka eGulf of Aden kanti inqwaba yabasebenzi bathunjwa.

Ngomhla zingama-21 kuMandulo izigebengu ezine ezikebheni ezinejubane zagibela inqwaba, zaduna umkhumbi zathumba abasebenzi abangu-19. Abanikazi abakwazi ukuxhumana nomkhumbi, ngokwezibuyekezo zansuku zonke ezivela ku-International Maritime Bureau's Piracy Reporting Center (IMB).

I-IMB ibike ukuthi babalelwa ku-66 abasebenzi bezizwe ezahlukene abathunjiwe futhi imikhumbi yabo yadunwa abaphangi baseSomalia emasontweni amathathu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, imizamo emine yokugebenga iye yavinjelwa ngenxa yesinyathelo esisheshayo sabasebenzi kanye/noma ukuphelezela imikhumbi yempi yomfelandawonye.

Izikhulu zaseSomalia zikuqinisekisile ukuthi imikhumbi engu-10 isabanjwe izigebengu zaseSomalia, ezihlasela imikhumbi ogwini olusenyakatho yeSomalia eGulf of Aden nase-Arabian Sea.

Abaphangi basebenzisa izikebhe ezisheshayo kanye nezikhali ezizenzakalelayo ezidubulayo kanye namabhomu aqhunyiswa ngamarokhethi (RPGs) emizamweni yabo yokugibela nokuduna imikhumbi, ngokombiko wobugebengu be-IMB. Uma ukuhlasela sekuphumelele futhi umkhumbi uduniwe, abaphangi basogwini baya ogwini lwaseSomalia futhi ngemva kwalokho bafuna isihlengo ukuze kukhululwe umkhumbi nabasebenzi.

Ukudlondlobala kobugebengu baseSomalia eGulf of Aden kuthinta ngokuqondile i-Yemen ngokombono wezokuphepha nezomnotho. Iziphathimandla zase-Yemeni zisabele kulesi sigameko, nakuba uhulumeni wesikhashana eSomalia engenawo amandla okwenza lutho.

Uhulumeni waseYemen ekuqaleni kukaSepthemba wanquma ukuthumela amasosha ayi-1,000 kanye nezikebhe zezempi eziyi-16 eGulf of Aden nasezindaweni zayo zamanzi. Iqhuba futhi izingxoxo namaButho Obumbano Lwamazwe Ngamazwe oPhondweni lwe-Afrika ukuze kudidiyelwe imizamo kanye nokuhlinzeka ngokuvikeleka komzila wasolwandle.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Yemen isimemezele ukuthi isungula izikhungo zesifunda ezintathu zokulwa nobushokobezi e-Aden, e-Mukalla eGulf of Aden naseHodeidah oLwandle Olubomvu. Lezi zikhungo kulindeleke ukuthi zinikeze usizo lwezobuchwepheshe nezokuphepha emikhunjini edlulayo.

Inhloko ye-Coastguard Authority e-Yemen, u-Ali Rasa'e, utshele abeMedia Line (TML) ukuthi lezi zinyathelo zikahulumeni ziyiziphakamiso nje.

"Akukho osekwenziwe kuze kube manje," kusho uRasa'e. “Ukushoda kwezinsiza zezimali nezobuchwepheshe kuba yisithiyo esikhulu ekulweni nobugebengu.”

Uhulumeni wobumbano wesikhashana waseSomalia kanye nohulumeni wesifunda esisenyakatho esizimele sasePuntland bebezama ukuthola ukwesekwa kwezokuphepha emphakathini wamazwe omhlaba ukuze balwe nobugebengu.

Ungqongqoshe Wokubambisana Kwamazwe Ngamazwe kuhulumeni wasePuntland, u-Abdoh Ali Awali, utshele i-TML engxoxweni yocingo ukuthi ithimba elisemthethweni libe nemihlangano namanxusa amaningana aseNtshonalanga nama-Arab eNairobi. Inhloso, ngokusho kuka-Awali, bekuwukusungula ukwesekwa kwamazwe ngamazwe ukulwa nobugebengu.

U-Awali uthe iPuntland - isifunda esisenyakatho-mpumalanga yeSomalia eyamenyezelwa njengezwe elizibusayo ngo-1998 - yayingenawo amandla okulwa "nenhlekelele yamazwe ngamazwe" eyandayo.

“Kodwa-ke, sesimi ngomumo ukuqeda lesi sihlava uma sithola ukwesekwa kwamanye amazwe,” kusho u-Awali. “Ipirates inezikebhe ezisheshayo nezikhali kanti thina asinazo. Benze izindodla zemali ngenxa yamakhosi akhokha imali yesihlengo.

"Sinxusa bonke amakhosi ukuthi bangakhokhi izigebengu," kusho u-Awali.

I-IMB yamukele isinqumo soMkhandlu Wezokuphepha we-UN esithi 1816 esivumela amazwe abambisana nohulumeni waseSomalia ukuthi asebenzise “zonke izindlela ezidingekayo” ukuze acindeze izenzo zobugebengu nokuphanga kuhlonyiwe olwandle, ngendlela ehambisana nezinhlinzeko ezifanele zomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe.

Nokho, lesi sinqumo asibonakali sisetshenziswa kuze kube manje.

Umhlaziyi wamasu e-Yemeni, u-Jalal Al-Sharabi uchaze okwenzeka eGulf of Aden “njengomdlalo wamasu.” U-Al-Sharabi utshele i-TML ukuthi i-United States ayikuthathi izinyathelo ezinqala ukulwa nobugebengu, nakuba ibingakwenza.

"I-US ifuna ukulawula iGulf of Aden esikhungweni sayo samasosha e-Djibouti futhi ivimbele noma yimuphi umzamo wase-Iran wokusungula umfelandawonye nanoma yiliphi izwe lasentshonalanga ne-Afrika. Ngikholwa ukuthi lesi yisingeniso sokungezwani okungenzeka kube namandla phakathi kwe-US ne-Iran, ”kusho yena.

Intatheli yezindaba zaseSomalia, uNabil Al-Osaidi, utshele i-TML ukuthi ngesikhathi kubusa iSupreme Council of Islamic Courts eSomalia, ubugcwelegcwele bempahla babusezingeni eliphansi kakhulu.

“Abaphathi bezimpi eSomalia bakhuthaza ukugqekeza nokudunwa kwezimoto njengendlela yokudala ingcebo. Izinxushunxushu neziyaluyalu eSomalia ziwusongo kuso sonke isifunda saseGulf, kuqalwa ngeYemen,” kusho u-Al-Osaidi.

Intatheli yezokuphepha u-Abdul-Hakim Hilal uzwakalise ukukhathazeka ngokuthi i-Al-Qa'ida ingase ibe imbangela yezinkinga olwandle.

"Emasontweni ambalwa edlule, i-Al-Qa'ida yenze isitatimende e-Yemen isabisa ngokushintsha inkundla yayo yempi iye olwandle, futhi kungenzeka ukuthi kunjalo," kusho u-Hilal etshela i-TML.

Kusukela ngo-January odlule imikhumbi yamathange angama-34 nezikebhe ziye zadunwa oPhondweni lwase-Afrika naseGulf of Aden; ngonyaka odlule kube nokudunwa kwezimoto ezingu-25.