East African states to cooperate to close borders to criminals


  • World
  • Tuesday, 26 Aug 2014

MOMBASA Kenya (Reuters) - East African countries need to work together on tightening porous borders to help halt the movement of militants, drug traffickers and other criminals, the region's senior intelligence officers were told on Monday.

Several east African nations have been battling a rise in attacks often linked to the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab, which has promised to target African nations - mostly from the region - that have sent peacekeeping troops to Somalia.

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