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1 | Apocalyptic Scenes in Andranondambo, Madagascar as Villages Fight Over Land | Tranga Mampihoron-Koditra Noho ny Adi-tany Ao Andranondambo, Madagasikara |
2 | L'Express Mada reports that the entire village of Andranondambo in the South of Madagascar was destroyed [fr] during an inter-village conflict that stems from a dispute over land rights. | Nitatitra ny L'Express Mada fa potika ny tanànan'Andranondambo ao atsimon'i Madagasikara [fr] nandritra ny adim-pokonolona niainga tamin'ny adi-tany. |
3 | The civilian conflict, which lasted from May 20 to 22, left no residents of the village alive. | Nanomboka ny 20 ka hatramin'ny 22 mey, tsy nisy tafavoaka velona tamin'ny ady an-trano ny mponina ao an-tanàna ambanivohitra. |
4 | One of the military police officers recalls [fr]: | Nampatsiahy [fr] ny iray amin'ireo zandary : |
5 | When we arrived, a dog was eating what was left of a corpse. | Tamin'ny fahatongavanay dia nisy alika mirenireny teo am-pihinanana sandry iray tafala tamin'ny vatabeny. |
6 | In a nearby home destroyed by fire, we found more corpses. | Tao amin'ny trano iray ravan'ny afo, dia mbola nahitanay vatana mangatsiaka. |
7 | The stink was unbearable. | Tsy azo niainana ny fofona. |
8 | Even the public school and the church were ravaged. | Potika avokoa na ny sekolim-panjakana na ny fiangonana ao Andranondambo. |
9 | All the materials from houses were taken apart. | Nisy nanongotra niaraka tamin'ny fanaka ny tafo fanitso. |
10 | The land dispute started in 1991 when an important source of sapphire and mica was discovered in the Andranondambo. | Tamin'ny taona 1991 no nanomboka ny adi-tany rehefa nahitana safira sy mica betsaka tao Andranondambo. |
11 | The rush of land miners pushed local villagers away to another village Ambatotsivala. | Nanosika ny mponina tao an-toerana hifindra tany amin'ny tanàna hafa antsoina hoe Ambatotsivala ny fanosehan'ny mpitrandraka harena an-kibon'ny tany. |
12 | Since then, the two villages have been at odds over land rights but the conflict has never reached such a harrowing level of violence until recently. | Nanomboka teo dia tsy nifankahazo noho io resaka fananan-tany io ny tanàna roa voatonona etoana saingy tsy mbola nahatratra ny vaikan'ny herisetra tahaka ny amin'izao fotoana izao. |