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U.S. Africa Command Staff
A weak point anywhere can create problems everywhere. This is the lesson of Libya. Since 2011, the North African nation has become a haven for extremists, a thoroughfare for drugs and a launching point for…
Uniting to Stop Drug Trafficking and Related Crimes
Allow me to commend the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, ECOWAS member states and Mauritania, and the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for their constructive collaboration that led to the development…
South Africa’s Child Book Star Brings Hope to Children
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
South African Michelle Nkamankeng, 7, has become one of the youngest published authors on the continent with a short novel she wrote largely in secret, Waiting for the Waves.
Michelle wrote of Titi, a little girl…
DRC’s Letter Carriers Return to Capital Streets
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
After 30 years of turmoil for the postal service in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), letter carriers clad in canary-yellow shirts have finally returned to the streets of the capital.
Anifa Kayumba, head…
Residents Bring Colorful New Life to Old Tangiers
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Wall paintings, colorful facades and flowery alleys are brightening up the centuries-old Tangiers medina as residents bring new life to the neglected streets of the Moroccan port city.
Standing on a hill…
A Failed State Reverberates
The Effects of Libya’s Lawlessness are Felt Throughout the Region and the World
The year 2017 began the same way 2016 ended, with staggering numbers of African migrants boarding flimsy boats in Libya in an attempt to escape to Europe.…
Joining Hands Against Drugs
Special Units in West Africa Bring Together Agencies to Share Information and Resources
ADF STAFF
Africa stands as a transit point in a global drug trafficking network that funnels cocaine and other drugs into Europe. The drugs come…
Usalama Takes Aim at Traffickers
A Continental Operation Backed by Interpol Results in 4,500 Arrests in Two Days
ADF STAFF
It was a dragnet operation on a continental level. Over the course of 48 hours, 1,500 police officers fanned out across 22 countries and made…
Continental Cooperation
A Conversation with Asan Kasingye, Uganda’s Director of Interpol
Asan Kasingye is Uganda’s director of Interpol and International Relations. He also serves as assistant inspector general for the Ugandan Police Force. He spoke to ADF by…
Lifting Up Mental Health in South Africa
ADF STAFF
Each October, as the South African spring gives way to summer, the sky in Cape Town becomes a kaleidoscope of colors. A surprising mix of creatures — both real and imaginary — joins the birds in taking flight.
Fish fly by,…