Sahel states seek to boost security against jihadists Ministers from countries across the Sahel and Maghreb agreed Thursday to create a border security training centre in a bid to confront Islamist-linked violence plaguing the huge desert region. Delegates hailed the proposal in the "Rabat Declaration" adopted by 19 countries at a conference in Morocco's capital as an important step towards curbing jihadist unrest in the Sahara, notably in Mali and Libya. Images and soundbites