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Africa News: []

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Synopsis- A man was arrested when he tried to board an airplane from Mogadishu to Hargeisa with explosive chemicals. They are still trying to find out if this has any connections to the recent bombing of an Amsterdam-Detroit flight. The chemicals used were the same, and a syringe was involved in both cases. His travel plans continued from Hargeisa to Djibouti and then Dubai.

Opinion- I think that it is good that they managed to stop this potential disaster. I was starting to doubt security. I think we often filter what we see and hear to only what is relevant to us. For example, this news didn't become relevant for over a month, and then probably only because it was related to a bombing that just happened in the US. I think we should look more at the larger picture. It could help a lot of people if we had helped Somalia when it first started taking a nose-dive.

Similarity, differences- Both articles say that he is in jail. BBC says that this took place in November, Africa News was posted Thrusday, December 31st with no account that it is month-old news.