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The recent attack at Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall has put much of the world on high alert, including the West African state of Sierra Leone. It sent a contingent of troops to Somalia earlier this year.al-Shabab fighters perform military exercises Farah Abdi(AP) Responsibility for the September attack in Nairobi that left more than 70 people…

Bockarie Massaquoi, a cab driver in Freetown, believes that Sierra Leone is too far away and too complicated for al-Shabab to reach. “I think they want to scare us, but I’m not worried,” said Massaquoi. He thinks that the militant group is just trying to intimidate his country. Menunatu Pratt heads the department of peace…

When the country was going through its own civil war, troops from around the world came to its aid. Now, she says, this is a chance for Sierra Leone to pay them back. “Every nation that wants to be great or is looking for prosperity, you should not only be concerned about what is happening…