平民遭武裝部隊射殺
In addition to the COVID-19 pandemic, coups and civil wars have thrown African countries into turmoil in recent years.
除了新冠肺炎以外，政變和內戰近年讓非洲國家陷入混亂之中。
pandemic (n.)大流行病turmoil (n.)動亂,混亂
The elected leaders of Mali and Guinea were overthrown by armed forces in 2020 and 2021, respectively.
馬利和幾內亞的民選領導人分別在2020年和2021年被武裝勢力推翻。
overthrow(v.)推翻；overthrow-overthrew-overthrown
Sudan also went through a military coup in 2021.
蘇丹也在2021年經歷了一場軍事政變，
go through 經歷~military (adj.)軍隊的,軍用的
The coup was met with nationwide protests and resistance, in which many civilians were shot dead by the military forces.
這場政變遭到全國抗議和抵抗，許多平民在當中被武裝部隊射殺。
meet with 引起……反應civilian (n.)平民,百姓
Sudan’s neighboring country, Ethiopia, is also going through a long-term conflict between the government and the rebel forces in the Tigray region up north.
蘇丹的鄰國，衣索比亞也正在經歷政府與北邊泰格瑞地區反叛勢力間的長期衝突。
neighboring (adj.)鄰近的,相鄰的rebel (n.)叛亂分子 (v.)造反,反叛
The UN accused both sides of torturing and killing innocent people, carrying out gangrapes and making arrests based on ethnicity.
聯合國指控雙方虐待並殺害無辜民眾、群姦和依據種族進行逮捕。
UN=United Nations 聯合國accuse (v.)指控ethnicity (n.)種族；ethnic (adj.)民族的,種族的,有民族特色的
Jonathan Powell, a professor of international affairs at the University of Central Florida, said “African countries have had conditions common for coups, like poverty and poor economic performance.
中央佛羅里達大學的國際事務教授鮑爾說：「非洲國家具備政變常見的條件，像是貧窮和糟糕的經濟表現。
poverty (n.)貧窮
When a country has one coup, that’s often a harbinger of more coups.”
當一個國家出現一場政變時，通常是將發生更多政變的預兆。」
harbinger (n.)(壞事即將來臨的)前兆Is Tesla Laying Off 10% Of Its Workforce A Harbinger of Doom?
The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, blamed the international community for not taking more action to stop military coups in Africa.
聯合國秘書長古特瑞斯怪罪國際社群沒有採取更多行動來阻止非洲的軍事政變。
blame (v.)責怪,怪罪