Idolobha eliwugwadule eliyinganekwane iTimbuktu kade lavusa umcabango wabahambi kodwa ukuqubuka kwezingxabano ezishubile kulesi sifunda kudale ukukhathazeka ngokuthi izivakashi zingase ziwuqede lo mcebo wase-Afrika.
“Isikhathi ngasinye sezivakashi, siba nezivakashi ezingaba ngu-11 000. Lokho kuhle emnothweni wendawo,” kusho uMahamane Dady, isikhulu sendawo ehhovisi lezokuvakasha eMaliya.
"Kodwa ngezinkinga zakamuva ezixhumene nezokuphepha esifundeni, siyaphambanisa iminwe yethu."
Izingxabano phakathi kwegatsha lesifunda i-Al-Qaeda, elibizwa nge-Al-Qaeda of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), namasosha ngoJulayi 4 abulala “inqwaba” yabantu esifundeni saseTimbuktu, ngokusho kombutho.
UMengameli waseMali u-Amadou Toumani Toure useze waqinisa isandla ukulwa ne-AQIM, ememezela “umshikashika ophelele” ngokumelene neqembu.
Kuze kube manje, izivakashi zisakaza kule ndawo yamagugu omhlaba ye-UNESCO enyakatho-ntshonalanga yeMali, indawo yokuphumula enama-mosque aphakeme nezikhumbuzo ezavela njengendawo yokuhweba ngekhulu le-13 eyabe ithuthukiswa yaba isikhungo esibalulekile esingokomoya nesihlakaniphi sezwe lamaSulumane ngekhulu le-15. Ikhulu le-16. Igama layo liseyisingathekiso emasikweni amaningi emazweni angaphandle, akude.
“UTimbuktu muhle kakhulu. Angikwesabi ukuphepha kwami lapha, angesabi lutho,” kusho uLisa, isivakashi saseSpain esiqanjwe lapha kuphela njengoba sifakwe esitolo sendawo “i-boubou”, ingubo yesintu eyanele egqokwa kakhulu eNtshonalanga Afrika.
Ukukhula kwe-Al-Qaeda
Amazwe aseNtshonalanga, ikakhulukazi iFrance kanye ne-United States, azwakalise ukukhathazeka ngokuthuthuka kwegatsha elisenyakatho ne-Afrika i-Al-Qaeda, eliqinise ukuhlasela eminyakeni yamuva, ikakhulukazi eMali naseMauritania.
Kwesinye isigameko ngenyanga edlule, i-AQIM yathumba abavakashi abane base-Europe kanye nosopolitiki ababili baseCanada enyakatho-mpumalanga yeMali neNiger engumakhelwane, babulala isivakashi saseBrithani kodwa bagcina bededele abanye.
Kepha izikhulu zezokuvakasha zigcizelela ukuthi i-Timbuktu isaphephile futhi isebenza kanzima ukusabalalisa lo myalezo - ikakhulukazi ngokukhuphuka kwezokuphepha kanye nokwehliswa kwentengo.
“Izinkinga zokuphepha? Akukho eTimbuktu noma esifundeni esiseduze,” kusho uDady. "Kuhlala kungaphesheya kweMali ukuthi lokhu kuyenzeka," esho, ebhekise ekuthunjweni kukaJulayi.
Ngaphandle kwehhotela elidala kunawo wonke kuleli dolobha, u-Le Bouctou, ongumqondisi wezivakashi owaqamba igama lakhe njengoba u-Iba ethe ibhizinisi lizinzile, njengoba bekubekelwe izivakashi ezingu-30 “okuqinisekisiwe” kuze kube manje kulo nyaka uma kuqhathaniswa nezingu-35 ngonyaka odlule.
Omunye umhlahlandlela, u-Ayouba Ag Moha, usebone izinombolo zamaklayenti zenyuka zaya ku-55 zisuka ku-42 ngo-2008, zigxeka izexwayiso zokuhamba ezikhishwe ngamazwe amaningana ngokumelene nokuvakashela ingxenye esenyakatho yeMali.
“…baphephile nathi…”
Elinye lamazwe ampofu kakhulu emhlabeni, iMali itshale imali kwezokuvakasha ukukhulisa imali engenayo.
“Kuwumsebenzi wethu ukuchazela izivakashi ukuthi ziphephile uma sinathi,” kusho lo mhlahlandlela.
Ukwenza lokhu, iziphathimandla zendawo kanye nabaqondisi abathile baqasha onogada - buthule. "Sinonogada abagqoke izingubo ezingavamile eTimbuktu kanye nesifunda abahlinzeka ngokuqapha ezivakashini nakubantu," kusho esinye isikhulu sezokuphepha.
“Kodwa kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba abavakashi bazizwe bekhululekile,” kusho umqondisi wezivakashi okuthiwa uBaba. “Angibatsheli ukuthi bayagadwa.
“Siqala ngokukosa ikamela”
Izintengo ezincishisiwe nazo ziheha izivakashi.
Ngaphandle kwetende elikhulu, iqembu labavakashi abangu-10 lathi libhukhe indawo yokuvakasha “kuphela” 125 000 CFA francs (€190), esikhundleni semali yokuqala engu-200 000 CFA francs.
Futhi omunye umnikazi wehostela lendawo uthe ubhukhe egcwele, edonsa izivakashi ngokunikeza izoso yendabuko yamahhala, noma i-“mechoui”.
“Siqala ngokukosa ikamela,” echaza. “Ngaphakathi kunenyama yenkomo. Ngaphakathi kwenyama yenkomo kuneyemvu, ngaphakathi kweyemvu kukhona inkukhu, ngaphakathi kwenkukhu kukhona ijuba. Futhi ngaphakathi kwejuba kuneqanda.”
Okuwukuphela komphumela - izivakashi zilinda amahora ayisithupha ukuze ukudla kupheke.
