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From right to left: Ambassador Lucy Tamlyn along with Defense Minister Marie Noel Koyara, Interior Minister Henri Wanzet Linguissara, and representing the Minister of Justice, Jean Christophe Nguinza, sign the IDFE on October 30.  (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of State)

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