Analysis: Africa's Sahel scrambles to avert slide "into hell"
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:36:23 -0800
MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) - Regional rivalries and doubts about Western intervention are hampering efforts by Africa's fragile Sahara-Sahel zone to prevent remote desert areas destabilized by Libya's war from becoming safe havens for al Qaeda and international criminals. Some of the world's poorest countries such as Mali, Niger and Mauritania are scrambling to secure international expertise ...
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