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Sahara states counter al-Qaeda threat


Algeria, Mali, Niger and Mauritania are setting up a joint command heaquarters in southern Algeria to counter a growing al-Qaeda

threat in the Sahara Desert region.

The Algerian defence ministry announced on Wednesday the command headquarters will be based in the southern Algerian town of Tamanrasset.

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