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EU’s Sh1.2b plan to help East Africa fight terrorism

The European Union has said it will offer counter-terrorism training to help east African security agencies improve cross-border investigations and prosecutions in a region hit by deadly raids carried out by Islamist militants.

Fearful militants trained in Africa may strike closer to home; Western powers have trained and equipped security agencies of many east African nations whom they see as a bulwark against the spread of radical Islam, especially from war-torn Somalia.

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