聯合國:馬裏局勢動盪，13萬人逃離

The United Nations says fighting in northern Mali between government forces and Tuareg rebels has forced about 130,000 people to flee their homes.

The U.N. refugee agency says people are seeking refuge inside the country and in neighboring countries, like Niger, Mauritania and Burkina Faso. An estimated 60,000 Malians are internally displaced and the largest number to flee the country -- about 30,000 -- are in Niger.

Refugee Oualid Djibril fled with his family to the village of Gaoudel in Niger. He says they have lost everything.

The U.N. refugee agency on Friday appealed for more than $35 million in emergency funds to deal a rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis.

Clashes between the Malian army and Tuareg rebels began in mid-January, ending a 2009 peace deal that stopped a previous Tuareg rebellion.聯合國表示，政府軍在馬裏北部與圖阿雷格反政府武裝的戰鬥已經迫使大約13萬人逃離家園。

聯合國難民署表示，人們正在馬裏境內其它地區和尼日爾、毛里塔尼亞和布基納法索這些鄰國尋求避難。

估計馬裏國內流離失所的人數約爲6萬。尼日爾是馬裏難民人數最多的國家，約有3萬。

一位名叫賈布里勒的難民和家人一起逃到尼日爾的一個村莊。他說，他失去了一切。

聯合國難民署星期五呼籲國際社會提供3500多萬美元的緊急資金，應對馬裏急劇惡化的人道危機。

馬裏政府軍和圖阿雷格反政府武裝的衝突從一月中旬爆發，雙方在2009年達成的和平協議遭到破壞。該和平協議阻止了上一次圖阿雷格的反叛活動。

馬裏北部的圖阿雷格反政府武裝1月17日開始向城鎮和政府陣地發動襲擊。很多武裝人員是去年在替利比亞被推翻的領導人卡扎菲作戰後從利比亞返回的。