LAMANTIN ISLAND, Niger - Ke hoʻomākaukau wale nei ʻo Joel Sauze i kāna hale hoʻokipa hou ma ka hema o Nigera no kāna mau malihini kipa mua ʻoiai nā koa i ke kapitala i puhi i ko lākou ala i loko o ka hale aliʻi pelekikena a hopu ʻia ke alakaʻi o ka ʻāina.

Ke hoʻokūpaʻa nei i ka ʻike i nā pōʻino o Nigera, ʻaʻole i hiki i ka coup kipi hou o ka ʻāina i kahi manawa maikaʻi ʻole no ka mea hoʻomoana ma Farani, e hoʻāʻo nei e hana i kāna kuleana i ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana i ka hilinaʻi i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi kūloko.

Ua hauʻoli ia i kekahi o kāna mau malihini, ka mea nāna i hoʻopaneʻe i kā lākou kipa ʻana i ka hōkele mokupuni ma kahi ulu ulu 150 kilomita ma ka hema o Niamey, ke kapikala.

Akā ʻaʻole ia i hopohopo. Ua kiaʻi ka alakaʻi o ka hoʻokahuli aupuni i ka hoʻi wikiwiki e hōʻoluʻolu ma Niamey, a ʻo Sauze ke panalāʻau nei no ka mea ʻo nā kipi Nomadic a me nā mea kaua Islamist a me nā mea ʻaihue i hana i nā wahi no ka hapa nui o ko ka ʻĀkau ʻĀkau e hoʻāʻo i nā malihini kipa i kona mokupuni hope. , ma ka hema.

"Ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou e hana i kahi mea maoli, ma kahi maoli," i ʻōlelo ʻo Sauze i kona hale moe, e noho ana ma waena o nā kumulāʻau baobab ma kahi kūkaʻi pōhaku e kū mai ana mai ka muliwai ʻo Nīmora holo mālie.

Ma kahi mamao loa mai nā pūnaewele e like me nā kuahiwi kupaianaha a me nā kuahiwi o ka nui, ʻākau o ka Agadez ʻĀpana, ua ʻae ʻo Sauze i ka ʻāina ululāʻau hema o ka hema.

ʻAʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻokūkū me nā pā pāʻani pāʻani nui o East Africa, ʻoiai ke pāʻani nei nā ʻelepani i kekahi manawa i ka wai kokoke. ʻO ka pāka kahi home o ka buffalo, antelope, kahi lima o nā liona, a me kahi hōʻuluʻulu o nā manu. Eia nō naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "(Nīzera) he hoihoi a ʻike ʻole ʻia." Palekana pū ia.

Ma kahi ʻāina i hoʻomaka wale nei e ʻumeʻume i ka hoʻopukapuka koʻikoʻi i ka aila a me ka mining ma hope o nā makahiki e hilinaʻi ana i nā mea kōkua no kahi o 50 pākēneka o kāna moʻohelu kālā, hōʻike ʻia ka uku o ka Frenchman's 150,000 euro ($ 210,400) i nā ala liʻiliʻi e hiki ai iā Niger ke hana i kahi ola.

Ke piʻi hou nei ka hemahema o ka meaʻai mau i kēia makahiki ma hope o ka ua kū ʻole: ʻōlelo nā limahana kōkua e haʻalele kēia i ka hapalua o ka heluna kānaka a ma kahi o 200,000 mau keiki i nele i ka momona.

"Pono mākou e paipai i ka hema no kēia manawa no ka mea he mea maʻalahi ʻole ia i nā makaʻu palekana," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Bolou Akano, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka Niger Center no ka Hoʻolaha Hoʻokipa. "Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻoikaika i ka hema a kali mākou i ka huahana nui, ka wao akua, e wehe hou."

Hoʻololi nā manaʻo o ka waiwai o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma kahi o 4.3 ka pākēneka o ka GDP a Nigera me nā huakaʻi a me nā mea kālepa mai ka ʻāina a hiki i ka 1.7 pakeneka, kahi kiʻi a Akano i hōʻike ai no nā malihini kipa no ka leʻaleʻa wale.

Akā ua hoʻohui ʻo ia ʻaʻole kēia e noʻonoʻo i ka hopena o ka hopena o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma nā mea hana lima o Nigera, nona ka helu ma kahi o 600,000 a me ka helu ma kahi o 25 pākēneka o GDP.

Ua hele nui nā mākaʻikaʻi ʻEulopa i ka wao nahele ma ka ʻākau o Nīnī i mau makahiki e kipa aku i nā wahi hoʻomoana, nā wahi neoneo a i ʻole kahi hoʻomoana ma lalo o nā hōkū. Akā ʻo ke kahe mau o 5,000 a ʻoi paha i lawe i nā mokulele mokulele i kēlā me kēia makahiki i ka ʻāina i maloo mai ka wā i hāpai ai ʻo Tuareg nomads i nā mea kaua i 2007, e hoʻohuli ana i kona mau puʻu, nā mauna a me nā oasis i kahi kahua kaua.

Ua waiho kuikahi nā kipi i kā lākou mea kaua, akā ua hoʻomau ʻia ka ʻāina me nā mines a me nā pōā a ua hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka hoʻoweliweli o nā kāʻili - e al Qaeda a i ʻole nā hui kūloko me nā loulou iā lākou.

ʻĀlima mau Europa e paʻa ʻia nei e ka ʻēheu o ʻAkau ʻApelika ʻĀkau ʻo Al Qaeda, i hoʻohana pono ʻia i nā palena porous a me nā mokuʻāina nāwaliwali e hana ma Mauritania, Mali a me Niger. I ka makahiki i hala aku nei ua luku aku ʻo al Qaeda i ka mea mākaʻikaʻi Pelekania ʻo Edwin Dyer, kekahi o nā huakaʻi hele ʻehā o ʻEulopa i lawe pio ʻia ma kahi kokoke i ka palena ʻo Niger-Mali.

Wahi a nā poʻe loiloi, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka hoʻoweliweli e ka uku ʻana o miliona o nā kālā i ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i nā mea lawe manuahi, e like me nā Austrian, Kelemania a me nā Kanada i mālama ʻia ma mua.

"Ma muli o ke kūlana palekana ma ka ʻākau o ka ʻāina, ua kū ka pae hoʻokipa i kahi kū. Ua pau ka hele ʻana mai o nā mea kūʻai aku ma waena o ka honua, "wahi a Akano.

Ua kau aku kekahi mau ʻāina i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no Mali a me ko ka ʻĀkau o Nigera, me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e "ʻōlelo kūʻē i nā huakaʻi hele āpau" no ka hoʻoweliweli.

Ke hoʻokapu nei nā kamaʻāina expatriate i kā lākou neʻe ʻana, me ka ʻemi iki aku o ke kaona mai ke kapena nui o Nigera: "ʻAʻole makemake mākou e lilo i nā hua haʻahaʻa," wahi a kahi diplomat.

ʻO ka Paris-Dakar rally, nona ka mea i kōkua i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka kaulana o nā mauna ʻo Air's Air a me ka wao akua ʻo Tenere, i kēia manawa ma ʻAmelika Hema. ʻO Point Afrique, kahi ʻoihana hoʻokūlani Palani ka mea i alakaʻi ʻia i ka mākaʻikaʻi ihe ma ʻApelika Komohana, a he mau mokulele wale nō i lele aku i Agadez i kēia makahiki.

Ua neʻe aku nā ʻoihana huakaʻi ma ke kūkulu ʻākau i kahi manawa, kahi e kūʻai aku ai lākou i nā huakaʻi i ka "W" National Park, kahi e puʻunaue ai ʻo Niger me Benin a me Burkina Faso a me ka hale hoʻokipa ʻo Sauze.

Ma kahi o ka safaris e hoʻohiki nei iā ʻApelika "ʻelima nui", hāʻawi ʻia ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ka manawa e lana ai i ka muliwai ʻo Nigera i ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā, e ʻike i nā heluna kanaka o nā giraffe hope loa o ʻApelika Komohana, a i ʻole e kipa aku i nā mākeke kūpikipiki o ke kapikala.

Ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ka European Union i nā rangers a kōkua i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā alanui i ka pāka a ke hoʻāʻo nei e paipai i nā mea hoʻopukapuka e like me Sauze e kūkulu i nā keʻena liʻiliʻi a i ʻole nā hōkele i loko o ka nāhelehele mānoanoa.

Akā ʻo Akly Joulia, kahi mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Agadez, i ʻōlelo ʻo ka mea nui ka palekana i ka ʻākau.

Kūkākūkā ʻo ia i kona kaʻawale, keu hoʻi ka nele o ka wai a me nā wahi hoʻoulu hou, e pono ai ka maʻalahi o ka mokuʻāina e hōʻoki i ke kipi, a ʻo kahi ʻoihana hoʻokipa huakaʻi e lawe i nā hana waiwai a me ke kālā i ka poʻe kipi mua.

"ʻO ka mea kūikawā, hiki i ka Niger ke kūʻai aku, ʻo ia ka (ʻākau)," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "ʻO ia ka mea kupaianaha."