Terror threat to Paris-Dakar rally

Drivers of the Paris-Dakar rally are facing a new threat as the race returns to Africa: terrorism.

Drivers of the Paris-Dakar rally are facing a new threat as the race returns to Africa: terrorism.

Saharan nations pledged thousands of troops to guard against any attacks, by either bandits or terrorists, along a redrawn route which skirts the desert home of Islamic extremists linked to al-Qaida.

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