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Tanzania Teams Up with Mozambique to Contain Terrorists

Charles Kombe

   DAR ES SALAM, TANZANIA - Tanzania's government says is teaming up with
   Mozambique to launch a joint operation against violent attacks by
   Islamist militants along their shared border. But some opposition
   parties and rights groups are raising concerns about how the Tanzanian
   government plans to tackle the threat.'¯

   Several recent attacks blamed on Islamist extremists have targeted the
   border village of Ktaya in Tanzania's Mtwara region.

   Police say more than 175 houses were set on fire and some people were
   killed by assailants, who, authorities say, fled into neighboring
   Mozambique.

   Tanzania has already increased security along the border and it is now
   joining forces with Mozambique to contain what it calls terrorists.

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