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January 8, 2013

Africa's Triangle of Threat

Abukar Arman, The Commentator

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Just as the temperature of ‘security threat’ slowly declines in Somalia, it rises in other parts of East Africa.

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TAGGED: East Africa, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Africa

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