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Trees to check spread of terrorism in Africa

Initiative aims to plant a 7,000-kilometre strip of vegetation that will cover 11 countries from Senegal to Djibouti. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD

A news report, last week, by Thomson Reuters Foundation gave an interesting twist to a security problem that has plagued the continent.

According to the report, African countries can among other things check the spread of terrorism by planting trees along the stretch of land bordering the Sahara.

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