双语新闻：索马里总统呼吁地区协助

Somali President Pleads For Regional Help

索马里总统呼吁地区协助

Somalia's president has made an urgent appeal for help, saying his government may not be able to hold off Islamist groups seeking control of the country.

索马里总统紧急呼吁外界协助，说他的政府可能抵挡不住企图控制索马里的伊斯兰组织。

President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed spoke in Addis Ababa Monday, at an emergency summit of the East African regional bloc known as IGAD, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development.

索马里总统艾哈迈德星期一在亚的斯亚贝巴召开的东非区域性集团政府间发展管理局(IGAD)召开的紧急峰会上说的这番话。

Mr. Sharif said insurgents are mounting hard attacks against the Somali state. He said his government cannot face the challenge of the attacks with its current military capability.

艾哈迈德说，叛乱分子增强了对索马里国家袭击的力度。他说，索马里政府目前的军力无法应付这样的挑战。

At the meeting were several regional leaders, including Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and the host, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.

一些该地区领导人出席了会议，包括肯尼亚总统齐贝吉，苏丹总统巴希尔，乌干达总统穆塞韦尼，以及会议东道国埃塞俄比亚总理泽纳维。

The summit follows weeks of battles for territory in Mogadishu between Islamist groups and the government, which is backed by a small African Union peacekeeping force.

在峰会之前，伊斯兰组织和索马里政府在摩加迪沙为争夺领土对峙了几个星期。索马里政府得到非洲联盟一个小型维和部队的支持。