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Ivory Coast is losing US aid as al-Qaida and other extremist groups are approaching

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The U.S. committed to spending $20 million to counter the spread of al-Qaida and the Islamic State group in northern Ivory Coast .

In Kimbirila -Nord, funding helped young people get job training, built parks for cattle to graze.

Violence in Mali and other countries in the Sahel region south of the Sahara has reached record levels.

Ivory Coast became known as a target for extremists in 2016 , when an attack on the seaside resort of Grand Bassam killed tourists.

Ivory Coast has the second -highest GDP per capita in West Africa , but according to the U.N. it remains one of the world’s least developed countries.