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Joint police unit established on border security

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    Senegal, Mali and Mauritania have agreed to set up a joint police unit to stop banditry along their common border, news sources told IRIN on Tuesday.

    A reporter with Senegal's official news agency, APS, said about 100 Senegalese gendarmes have been operating in the border area against drug traffickers, gangs that attack communities and car jackers.

    A notorious gang leader, Mamadou Thiam, was arrested in Mali in July but "he was replaced by an even more dangerous fellow", the source said.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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