Arms imports in West Africa have climbed in the past decade, even as weaponry sales in much of the rest…
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A shadowy industry is thriving alongside Africa’s digital boom: mass-surveillance systems powered by artificial intelligence. As Chinese-built surveillance technology is…
A new report documents the huge scale of illegal activity by Chinese “floating fish factories” that set up off the…
Opioids and other synthetic drugs are increasingly invading parts of Africa, attracting organized crime and overwhelming countries’ medical facilities, according…
A global study has concluded that Burkina Faso in West Africa is now the country most affected in the world…
Sahel terror groups have long used forests to hide, stock up on natural resources and establish bases. Increasingly, these groups…
As foreign powers sign business deals and deepen diplomatic ties in Africa, one foreign player operates mostly behind the scenes:…
In the past year and a half, South African police have busted three industrial-scale drug labs where they found more…
Chinese-owned vessels continue to threaten fisheries and livelihoods in Ghanaian waters, despite the country’s successful crackdown on transshipment at sea…
Armed groups in the Sahel are exploiting tensions between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Alliance of…