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After Burkina Faso, How Can Countries Foil Terror Attacks?
After the café attack in Burkina Faso, how can countries protect themselves?
The French president has stressed the "urgent need" to speed up the deployment of a counter-terrorism force in five Sahelian countries including Burkina Faso. But how can countries protect themselves?
Plus Freetown's hospital and mortuary facilities are overstretched after the devastating landslides that struck Sierra Leone's capital, and Zimbabwe's first lady, Grace Mugabe, was due to appear in court to face assault charges.
(Image: Cordon around the restaurant in Ouagadougou that was attacked by gunmen. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)
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