Ugandan king postpones town rally 乌干达国王推迟城镇访问计划

时间：2009-09-14 03:23:43

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The king of Uganda's largest ethnic1 group, the Buganda, has put off a visit to a town in his kingdom, his spokesman has said.

乌干达最大种族的统治者布干达的发言人表示，布干达推迟了其国家某城镇的访问计划。

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Kampala is littered with debris after the king's supporters clashed with police

It follows two days of riots（骚乱，闹事） in the capital, Kampala, in which at least 11 people were killed.

The spokesman said the king did not want to see violence spreading to the town, Kayunga. But he stressed the event was postponed3, not cancelled.

The move defuses（放松，减轻） the tension for now, says the BBC's Peter Greste.

Our correspondent - reporting from neighbouring Kenya - says although Kampala is now calm, the police are maintaining a high profile, particularly in neighbourhoods that saw some of the worst violence.

'Lynched'

The spokesman for King Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II said the postponement4 of Saturday's planned youth rally would allow time for talks with the central government.

He said they would find a way to hold the event in a "peaceful and secure" environment.

On Thursday and Friday, the king's supporters set up barricades5, looted（掠夺） shops and fought running battles with police.

At least 11 people are now thought to have been killed, the director of the main hospital in the city, Iga Matovu, told Agence France Presse news agency on Saturday.

He said some had been killed by bullets and others appeared to have been lynched（处以私刑）.

The protests happened when the government - citing security risks - banned the king from travelling to Kayunga, which says it has seceded6（退出，脱离） from his kingdom.

There have been reports that police opened fire on rioters.

A Ugandan government spokesman, Fred Opolot, told the BBC there would be a full investigation7, but that he believed the police had behaved "absolutely professionally".

Farmland

Buganda is one of Uganda's four ancient kingdoms and its tribal8 members are Uganda's largest ethnic group.

The country's traditional kingdoms were banned in 1966 but reinstated（继单） by President Yoweri Museveni in 1993.

The Buganda have long called for the restoration of a federal administration that would give their largely ceremonial（正式的） king the formal political power he is currently denied.

They are also seeking more control over the traditional lands, which include prime farmland they say has been taken by other ethnic groups.


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1 ethnic jiAz3     
adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的
参考例句：
  • This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
  • The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
2 debris debris     
n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片
参考例句：
  • After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
  • Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。
3 postponed 9dc016075e0da542aaa70e9f01bf4ab1     
vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）
参考例句：
  • The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
  • The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。
4 postponement fe68fdd7c3d68dcd978c3de138b7ce85     
n.推迟
参考例句：
  • He compounded with his creditors for a postponement of payment. 他与债权人达成协议延期付款。
  • Rain caused the postponement of several race-meetings. 几次赛马大会因雨延期。
5 barricades c0ae4401dbb9a95a57ddfb8b9765579f     
路障，障碍物( barricade的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The police stormed the barricades the demonstrators had put up. 警察冲破了示威者筑起的街垒。
  • Others died young, in prison or on the barricades. 另一些人年轻时就死在监牢里或街垒旁。
6 seceded 1624ae4cad0ece80c313df9c7f11bfc6     
v.脱离，退出( secede的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The Republic of Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903. 巴拿马共和国于1903年脱离哥伦比亚。
  • One of the states has seceded from the federation. 有一个州已从联邦中退出。 来自辞典例句
7 investigation MRKzq     
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
8 tribal ifwzzw     
adj.部族的，种族的
参考例句：
  • He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
  • The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。

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