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Illegal drug trade

Chad’s illegal drug trade contributes to regional insecurity

ISS Today

Chad’s illegal drug trade contributes to regional insecurity

By Remadji Hoinathy for ISS TODAY

Heroin hits South Africa along the ‘highway to impunity’

ISS Today

Heroin hits South Africa along the ‘highway to impunity’

By ISS Today

Mali’s drug problems are its silent enemy

ISS Today

Mali’s drug problems are its silent enemy

By ISS Today

ISS Today: Are West Africa’s gunsmiths making violence cheap?

Africa

ISS Today: Are West Africa’s gunsmiths making violence cheap?

By ISS Today

Newsdeck

US, European police say 'dark web' markets shut down

By AFP

Op-Ed: How drugs (and alcohol) kill – and it’s not what you think it is

South Africa

Op-Ed: How drugs (and alcohol) kill – and it’s not what you think it is

By Zane Dangor

Horns of a Dilemma: Mozambique poaching enriching North Korea’s leadership

Africa

Horns of a Dilemma: Mozambique poaching enriching North Korea’s leadership

By Don Pinnock

From Afghanistan to Africa: Heroin trafficking in East Africa and the Indian Ocean

Africa

From Afghanistan to Africa: Heroin trafficking in East Africa and the Indian Ocean

By Carina Bruwer

Op-Ed: Sustainable development under threat from drug trafficking in West Africa

Africa

Op-Ed: Sustainable development under threat from drug trafficking in West Africa

By Leandre Banon

ICG: A Very Modest UNGASS Drug Policy Review

World

ICG: A Very Modest UNGASS Drug Policy Review

By International Crisis Group

Health-E: World endorses more ‘war on drugs’

South Africa

Health-E: World endorses more ‘war on drugs’

By Health-e News

ICG: Lessons from Latin America

World

ICG: Lessons from Latin America

By International Crisis Group

Comrades in arms: South Africa, Russia, and the new global war on drugs

South Africa

Comrades in arms: South Africa, Russia, and the new global war on drugs

By Kevin Bloom

Sean Penn meeting, silver screen dreams help Mexican drug lord's downfall

World

Sean Penn meeting, silver screen dreams help Mexican drug lord's downfall

By Reuters

Analysis: Is South Africa doing enough for citizens arrested abroad?

South Africa

Analysis: Is South Africa doing enough for citizens arrested abroad?

By Rebecca Davis

West Africa and the War on Drugs: South American mistakes, repeated?

Africa

West Africa and the War on Drugs: South American mistakes, repeated?

By Simon Allison

A Cape cocktail: Pagad, drugs and the dregs of Apartheid

South Africa

A Cape cocktail: Pagad, drugs and the dregs of Apartheid

By Khadija Patel

Soweto: Inside a nyaope dealer’s den

South Africa

Soweto: Inside a nyaope dealer’s den

By BC Simelane & Greg Nicolson

Could SA have saved Janice Linden?

Politics

Could SA have saved Janice Linden?

By Sipho Hlongwane

Getting high goes digital as the Amazon of drug sites deals door-to-door

Sci-Tech

Getting high goes digital as the Amazon of drug sites deals door-to-door

By Richard Poplak