Overview
- Lesson Title: Restoring Peace to the North-This is report about a peace conference.
- Language: Hausa
- Topic: Defense/Security
- ILR Level: 1+/2
- ACTFL Proficiency: Advanced-Mid, Advanced-Low, Intermediate-High; This ACTFL rating is an approximation based on the ILR level
- Modality: Listening
- Learning Objective: Maintenance & Improvement
- Subject Area: Language
- Material Type: LLO
- Publication Year: 2009
- ObjectID: T8LHA12
Transcript Audio
Transcript
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A: A ranar ashirin da biyar ga wata an qaddamar da dandalin tattaunawa a kan neman zaman lafiya da tsaro a arewacin yankuna, na qasashen jamhuriyar Nijar da Mali a birnin Niamey, babban birnin qasar Nijar xin ke nan. Yayin da ake yin dandalin tattaunawa na kwanaki uku, tawagar qasar Jamhuriyar Nijar da ta qasar Mali, za su tattauna kan yadda za a mayar da zaman lafiya a arewacin yankuna na kowannen su. An yi wannan dandalin tattaunawa ne a qarqashin hali mai tsanani da arewacin yankunan qasashen biyu suke ciki, domin wasu rukunoni na dakaru sun aikata rikice-rikice a waxannan yankuna. Tsohon Ministan Harkokin Cikin Gida na Jamhuriyar Nijar, Albadei Abouba ya shugabanci bikin qaddamar da dandalin tattaunawar. Abouba ya bayyana cewa don kiyaye xaukuwar duk qasa da qabilu, Gwamnatin Mali da ta jamhuriyar Nijar za su xauki matakai ba tare da vata lokaci ba dom mayar da zaman lafiya a yankunan dake fama da rikice-rikice, tun da wuri kuma qarkashin taimakon wasu qasashe abokai. |
The Forum on Security Issues in the Northern Regions of Niger and Mali Has Started On the twenty-fifth of this month, a discussion forum was convened in Niamey, the capital city of Niger, in order to find ways to establish peace and security in the northern territories of the Republics of Niger and Mali. During the three-day forum, delegations from the Republics of Niger and Mali were scheduled to discuss how to restore peace in their northern regions. The discussion forum took place in the context of the dire circumstances affecting the northern areas of both countries, where certain rebel groups are creating unrest. Former Minister of Domestic Affairs for the Republic of Niger Albedi Abouba led the opening festivities of the discussion forum. Abouba e.0.xplained that in order to promote unity between the two countries and their peoples, the governments of Mali and the Republic of Niger would take immediate steps to restore peace as quickly as possible to the regions that are suffering from unrest with the assistance of other friendly countries. |
Glossary
| Hausa | English Meaning |
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| dandalin tattaunawa | a discussion forum |
| rukunonin dakaru | (lit: infantry groups) rebel groups |
| rikice-rikice | unrest |
| dinkuwar duk ƙasa da kabilu | (lit: sewing the nation and tribes) to promote unity between |
| tun da wuri | (lit: since there is time) quickly |
Notes
1. Rebels in Northern Mali and Niger
Niger and Mali are landlocked West African nations whose northern regions reach into the Sahara Desert. The northern regions of both countries are populated by Tuareg tribes, who move freely between the two countries. The Tuaregs feel that they have been marginalized by both countries; this has led to rebel groups emerging from the tribes. These rebels groups have carried out attacks on the governments of both nations.