ISierra Leone izama ukwakha umkhakha wayo wezokuvakasha olinyazwe yimibango yombango yeminyaka.
Abavakashi, ngamanani amancane, babuyela emabhishi esihlabathi esimhlophe eSierra Leone nasemanzini ahlanzekile aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili ngemuva kokuphela kwempi ezweni elisentshonalanga ne-Afrika.
E-Number 2 River Beach, eningizimu yenhlokodolobha iFreetown, iqembu lentsha lomphakathi liqhuba le ndawo futhi ligcina ulwandle luhlanzekile.
UDaniel Macauley, oyinduna yaleli qembu, uthi kuyasiza ekunciphiseni ukungasebenzi kwabantu kuleli.
Uthe: “Umphakathi wethu uyindawo yezivakashi. “Ngakho sinqume ukuthi okungenani siqale sibe nabantu, sibahlalise lapha.”
Indawo yokungcebeleka iqashe abantu ababalelwa ku-40. U-American Jim Dean ujwayelekile olwandle.
“Sizama ukuphuma lapha kaningi ngangokunokwenzeka, uyazi, mhlawumbe kanye noma kabili ngenyanga,” kusho yena. “Kunamanye amabhishi amaningana kule ndawo, kodwa lolu wulwandle olukhethekile ngenxa yesihlabathi nokubukeka kwayo.”
Yize iSierra Leone inokuningi engakusiza, inselelo ikholisa izivakashi ukuthi zize, kusho umvakashi uBimbo Carroll.
“Futhi ukuze senze lokho sidinga ukuthi sikwazi ukubaqinisekisa ukuthi iSierra Leone isikulungele ukubamukela,” kusho uCarroll. “Futhi okuningi, kubasebenzisi abaningi ngaphandle, eSierra Leone, kusewuhlobo oluthile – akukho ezincwadini zabo, uma wazi ukuthi ngiqonde ukuthini.”
Iminyaka eyishumi, kwaze kwaba ngu-2002, iSierra Leone idliwe yingxabano enonya, amavukelambuso ayelwela ukulawula izwe, esebenzisa amadayimane alelizwe ukuxhasa impi. Izithombe zezindaba zezakhamuzi ezanqunywa izingalo nemilenze amavukela-mbuso zaba isithombe esisha ngeSierra Leone. Le mpi yabulala abantu abangaphezu kuka-50,000 XNUMX futhi isithunzi sezwe sisangcole.
“Enye yezinselelo zezokuvakasha ukumenyezelwa okubi izwe elisaqhubeka nokukuthola mayelana nesithombe – kusenesithombe esingesihle ezimakethe ngeSierra Leone,” kusho uCecil Williams oqondisa ibhodi lezokuvakasha lezwe. “Abantu basakholwa ukuthi akuyona indawo ephephile, uzinzo alukho, okungelona iqiniso ngempela.”
Uhulumeni usebenza ukuheha amaqembu ezokuvakasha ngokukhangisa emibonisweni yezokuvakasha yamazwe omhlaba nangokukhombisa umhlaba uhlangothi oluhlukile lwezwe.
Zingaphezu kuka-5000 izivakashi ezafika eSierra Leone ngonyaka odlule, kusho ibhodi lezokuvakasha, lisuka eminyakeni engaba yinkulungwane nesishiyagalolunye edlule. Isivakashi saseCanada uCarl Canzius samangala kakhulu.
"Bengingomunye walabo bantu abebenovalo oluncane, kodwa manje njengoba bengilapha ngibonile ukuthi luzinzile futhi luphephile futhi," kusho uCanzius.
Izinhlangano ezimbili zokuvakasha zaseYurophu manje zinikela ngohambo oluya eSierra Leone. Umhlahlandlela wokuqala wezokuvakasha wakuleli ushicilelwe ngonyaka odlule.
