Arthur Greene
Njengoba iziqeshana ezimangazayo zezinhlekelele zemvelo ezisanda kwenzeka eNtshonalanga kanye nase-China zilawula imithombo yezokuxhumana, izikhukhula ezimoshayo emazweni amaningi asathuthuka azibonwa kakhulu.
Futhi kuwo womabili amazwe acebe kakhulu emhlabeni kanye nabampofu kakhulu kuwo, ngabantu abashiye amakhaya nalabo abasezindaweni ezingqubuzanayo bathwala kanzima ngokulimala kwesimo sezulu.
I-Afghanistan, njengamanje ebhekene nokubuya ngemuva kokuhlaselwa iqembu lamaphekula, i-Taliban, nayo ibhekene nezikhukhula ezibulalayo.
Okhulumela i-Taliban uthe bayi-150 abantu ababulewe yizikhukhula esifundazweni esisempumalanga ye-Nuristan, iqembu laphoqeleka ukuthi licele usizo emphakathi.
Khonamanjalo, i-Bangladesh, okumanje eyikhaya labafuduki base-Rohingya abangaphezu kwesigidi, ihlaselwe yizikhukhula nokudilika kwenhlabathi emasontweni edlule. I-UN ibike ukuthi cishe babalelwa kwabayizi-5 000 abafuduki abasale dengwane kanti kushone okungenani abayisithupha.
Ngaphesheya komngcele e-Myanmar, abantu abayizi-50 000 kudingeke ukuthi basuswe emakhaya abo ngenxa yomonakalo omkhulu odalwe yimvula enamandla. Izinkulungwane eziningi zisuswe emakhaya ngenxa yezimvula ezibikezelwe emasontweni azayo.
I-Norway Refugee Council nayo ibike ukuthi bayi-13 abantu base-Bangladesh abashone ezindaweni eziseduzane.
E-Colombia, izikhukhula vele sezikunqamule ukulethwa kosizo kubafuduki base-Ituango, kanti imvula kulindeleke ukuthi inyuke ngesonto elizayo ngo-40%.
E-Sudan, izikhukhula zahlasela amakhempu abafuduki emasontweni amabili edlule, zacekela phansi izindlu nemithombo yamanzi.