潘基文呼吁安理会考虑对夺取马里北部的武装组织实施旅行禁令,并冻结资产。他援引有关当地极端主义者人权侵犯的系列报道,警告说国际圣战组织成员的涌入会将这片地区变成恐怖主义者和罪犯的庇护所。西非国家经济共同体组织的使者Salamatu Hussaini Suleiman说如果这样的话,非洲没有一个国家会是安全的。西非国家经济共同体组织正敦促联合国批准派遣一支非洲部队来安定马里政治动荡的南部,并将北方从叛军手中夺回。
The Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed into law a controversial bill that boots the status of the Russian language in Ukraine. It is now an official regional language in the predominantly Russian speaking areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. Although Ukrainian remains the sole state language, Mr. Yanukovych, himself is a native Russian speaker. And the opponents have accused him of pandering to Russian voters.
乌克兰总统维克多·亚努科维奇将一项有争议的法案签署为法律,该法案提高了俄罗斯语在乌克兰的地位。如今在俄罗斯语占主导地位的乌克兰东部和南部,俄罗斯语已成为地区性的官方语言。尽管乌克兰语仍是唯一的国语,亚努科维奇本人的母语也是俄罗斯语。反对派指责他这样是为了迎合俄罗斯族选民。
Two people were killed in the Nigerian capital Abuja when two unfinished buildings in the city collapsed. Construction has been stopped by the authorities because the buildings do not meet local regulations, but hundreds people have moved in and were living there illegally.