2006年VOA标准英语-CAR Government Refuses Rebel Demand for Negotia

By Nico Colombant
Dakar
13 November 2006
 

		President of the Central African Republic Francois Bozize

Rebels advancing in the Central African Republic say they want talks with the government, but President Francois Bozize has refused.  Mr. Bozize is receiving help from the French military to defeat the insurgency¹.

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Speaking on French radio, a rebel leader said he would stop his forces from advancing toward the C.A.R. capital, Bangui, if the government accepts a national dialogue to address problems of corruption² and bad governance.

Mr. Bozize won elections after seizing power in a coup³ in 2003, but his government has faced increasing criticism of incompetence⁴, due to a shutdown of most government services.

In recent days, the rebels have been seizing small towns in the north of the country, and approaching diamond areas.

A Bozize spokesman, Cyriaque Gonda, tells VOA the dialogue process was already accomplished⁵ following Mr. Bozize's rebellion.

"We have organized one of the biggest national dialogues of our history in September 2004 and the outcome is the organization of the election, the institutionalization of all the democratic structures," he said.

Gonda says the government is busy with more urgent matters to help rebuild the Central African Republic, rather than destroy it more.

"We are trying right now [to get] more investors⁶, [we are] getting started with the World Bank and IMF and so forth⁷. We are not just going to spend our time dialoguing," added Gonda.

But a journalist in Bangui, Faustin Bambou, says the political opposition⁸ is also pressing the government to accept a new national dialogue.

"Leaders in the political opposition are meeting to discuss in order to point out, to ask again [for] this dialogue," commented Bambou. "The unique way to go to solutions on all these problems in our country is a dialogue."

Mr. Bozize has said he is choosing a military option to crush the rebels.

Officials from the former colonial power France say they will help the C.A.R. army with logistics and surveillance.

France is also helping⁹ neighboring Chad beat back rebels there. Chad and the Central African Republic have accused Sudan of backing the rebellions and exporting the conflict in its Darfur region across borders. Rebel leaders deny they are getting outside help or any link between their insurgencies and the fighting in Darfur.

1 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

2 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

3 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。

4 incompetence   

n.不胜任，不称职

参考例句：

• He was dismissed for incompetence. 他因不称职而被解雇。
• She felt she had been made a scapegoat for her boss's incompetence. 她觉得，本是老板无能，但她却成了替罪羊。

5 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

6 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

7 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

8 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

9 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。