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Ghana: On the lookout for extremists

Maxwell Suuk
June 27, 2023

Communities along Ghana's borders with Togo and Burkina Faso are forming "watchdog committees" to keep Islamist extremists out.

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Maxwell Suuk Maxwell is a DW reporter based in Tamale, Northern Ghana.
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