Heavy Shooting in Brazzaville, Congo
People opposed to the government exchangedgunfire with police in the Republic of Congo capital ofBrazzaville Monday.
A police station and a government building wereattacked in the Makelekele district of the city,according to the BBC. Violence also occurred in the Bacongo neighborhood of Brazzaville.
The Associated Press reported that police battled militia fighters. Reuters news agency saidthat young, male Congolese who oppose President Denis Sassou Nguesso battled police.
There are no reports of injuries or deaths from Monday's shootings.
A government official told the Associated Press the militia are known as the Ninjas. They taketheir name from an anti-government group in the 1998-1999 civil war.
The violence comes a month after Nguesso won re-election. Some accused him of "massivefraud" in the 2016 election.
He ruled the Republic of Congo from 1979 to 1992. He won disputed elections in 2002 and2009.
I'm Jim Dresbach.
词汇解析
1.opposed to 反对
What they said is totally opposed to facts.
他们说的话完全不符合事实。
2.police station 警局
The thief was seized and turned over to a police station.
小偷被扭送到警局了。
3.militia fighters 民兵
A year later, coalition and Iraqi forces have killed or captured hundreds of militia fighters.
一年后,联盟部队和伊拉克部队已击毙和捕获了数百名民兵战斗人员。
4.anti-government 反政府的
We must try to counteract the present current of anti-government feeling.
我们应该努力消除目前的这股反政府情绪。
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