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African Leaders Launch Security Talks in Benin
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African leaders on Saturday began talks on insecurity in the Sahel region where fresh violence in Mali has sparked what rights groups say is the area's worst human rights crisis in 20 years.
As many as 25 government leaders were expected for the meeting, but more than a dozen, including the host, were present at the start of closed door talks in the small West African country of Benin.
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