Liberia seizes €277 million worth of cocaine linked to 'organised and well-funded' trafficking network ⊖
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11 days ago
According to the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, West Africa is a key transit hub for cocaine bound for Europe.
18 days ago
How global heating supercharged floods in West Africa, displacing thousands ⊖
Adaptation to frightening new normal and reducing emissions further and faster is critical, scientists warn
Dozens of people drowned, hundreds had to be rescued and thousands were displaced when flood…
47 days ago
Why does the often maligned Caribbean obeah tradition endure? ⊖
The practice, which merges pre-Abrahamic African religion, Christianity, and indigenous Caribbean features, has been stigmatised in the region
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59 days ago
A disease of deforestation: how Ebola is linked to the smartphone in your pocket ⊖
As demand for cobalt, gold and other minerals grows, mining is accelerating deforestation in the Congo basin – and increasing the risk of deadly Ebola outbreaks
For decades after the discovery of Ebol…
72 days ago
'Speed, money and compassion' - lessons from an Ebola survivor and other experts ⊕⊕
Those caught up in West Africa's Ebola outbreak a decade ago on how best to tackle the current epidemic.
79 days ago
Abu-Bilal al-Minuki: ISIL’s shadow commander in West Africa ⊖
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a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English
Nigeria and the US say 'key' ISIL leader was killed in joint military operation in Borno state.
3 months ago
Baby abandoned by roadside is now changing lives ○
Becky Chaplain, an occupational therapist, is now helping burns patients in West Africa.
British career gangster Sam Walker 'is arrested by undercover cops in Vietnam' as he shares clip of moment he's put into back of police van to his TikTok followers ⊖
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Sam Walker, who previously chronicled himself hitching a ride to West Africa after skipping bail over drugs offences, filmed officers apparently following him in the capital Hanoi.
4 months ago
At least 65 Nigerian soldiers killed in jihadist raids in country’s north-east ⊖⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Gunmen from Islamic State West Africa Province overran four military bases and abducted 300 civilians, say reports
At least 65 Nigerian soldiers have been killed in jihadist raids across the country’s…
Bitter times for cocoa farmers as chocolate market slumps ⊖⊖
Chocolate bars may have shot up in price but West Africa's cocoa farmers are facing economic ruin.