现在所谈到的禁声令是上个月应一家名为“托克”的石油公司的要求颁布的,以阻止媒体刊登有关其将有毒废水倾入非洲小国象牙海岸的一篇报道的详细内容。
The gag in question was granted last month at the request of Trafigura, an oil firm, to prevent publication of the details of a report related to the dumping of toxic waste in Côte d’Ivoire.
非洲大象期待着能在南非用它们有力的长鼻子甩开那些曾经操纵着象牙生意的欧陆列强们(科特迪瓦国名的意思就是象牙海岸——译者注)。
The Elephants will be expected to come up trunks in South Africa, particularly against the Europeans who commanded the old ivory trade.
一名圣艾智德官员马里奥·基罗(Mario Giro)表示,该组织现在正在“达尔富尔、象牙海岸(即科特迪瓦——译注)、北乌干达以及非洲外的另外两个叫不出名的地方”开展调停工作。
Mario Giro, a Sant'Egidio official, says it is now doing mediation work in “Darfur, Ivory Coast, north Uganda and two other places outside Africa I cannot name”.
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