Kubonakala ngathi i-United States ayisiyiyo yodwa ekufumaneni ukubekwa kwerekhodi kubanda ngoJanuwari.

Ngelixa kusenokubandayo ngakumaMpuma oLwandle, ikhephu kunye nomkhenkce akunanto kwidolophu encinci yaseAin Sefra, eAlgeria, ethe yafumana nje ikhephu lesibini phantse kwiminyaka engama-40.

Ukwenza lo msitho wemozulu ubonakale nangakumbi, ingubo yekhephu yagubungela iindawo zeNtlango yeSahara ngeCawa, nto leyo eyayibangela ukuba ibe yindawo entle ebusika.

Sothuka nyani xa savuka sakubona ikhephu kwakhona. Yahlala imini yonke ngeCawa kwaye yaqala ukunyibilika malunga neli-5 emva kwemini, umfoti uKarim Bouchetata uxelele Ukucacisa .

Nangona kunjalo nakwezona ndawo zinzulu, ikhephu elingaphantsi kwe-intshi enye ichithakale ngokukhawuleza. Ukunyuka kwamaqondo obushushu kwanyibilika ubuninzi bawo ngentsimbi yesihlanu. ixesha lendawo ngeCawa.

Phambi kokuwa kweli khephu, lo mmandla uye wafumana uthuli olukhanyayo ngeyoMnga ngo-2016. Ngaphambi koko, ikhephu lokugqibela labhalwa e-Ain Sefra ngoFebruwari 18, 1979. Kwaye kwangoko, iiflakes zawa nje kangangemizuzu engama-30.

'Ngokumiselwa kweYurophu ngalo mzuzu, nosinike imozulu ebandayo kule mpelaveki, ukutyhala emazantsi omoya obandayo kuloo mmandla kwaye uhlobo oluthile lokufuma kungazisa ikhephu, isithethi seThe Met sixelele Ezizimeleyo . 'Kubonakala ngathi imifanekiso yekhephu yathathwa yaya kwiindawo eziphezulu kumantla engingqi, yaya kwiingingqi zeAtlas, yiyo loo nto & ayimangalisi into yokuba le ndawo ibizakubona ikhephu ukuba iimeko bezilungile.'

Ngelixa ikhephu lalo nyaka eMntla Afrika linokuziva lahlukile, eneneni liyinxalenye yokutshintsha kwemozulu enkulu kulo mmandla. Njenge Ukucacisa icacisiwe, intlango iye yafumana ubushushu kunye nokutshintsha kokufuma kule minyaka ingamakhulu ambalwa idlulileyo, kwaye inokuphinda ibe luhlaza kwakhona kwiminyaka emalunga ne-15,000. Nangona, kunye nolo hlobo lwexesha lokukhokela, sonke siya kuyicinga.