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Flora
Southern Africa conservationists battle evolving illegal plant trade

Stakeholders are exploring innovative ways to safeguard the region’s precious plants from illegal trade.

12 / 11 / 2024 by Carina Bruwer

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Mining and extractives
Illegal mining digs up multiple problems in Ghana

The country’s government needs a multi-pronged approach to target the well-resourced sponsors and agents benefitting from illegal mining.

31 / 10 / 2024 by Ndubuisi Christian Ani

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Fauna
Fighting the invisible fleet: Sierra Leone’s battle against IUU fishing

Foreign illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing continues to devastate the country’s once sustainable fisheries industry.

11 / 10 / 2024 by Feyi Ogunade

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Human trafficking
Cultural practices and state weaknesses drive South Sudan-Ethiopia abductions

Women and children are captured during cattle raids on the border and forced into a lifetime of servitude.

10 / 10 / 2024 by Willis Okumu

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Drug trafficking
Épidémie rampante de drogues en Afrique de l’Ouest : une addiction en plein essor, une réponse à la traîne

Cette note d’orientation détaille les tendances régionales de la consommation de drogues pour 2023.

06 / 09 / 2024

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Drug trafficking
West Africa’s creeping drug epidemic: soaring addiction, lagging response

This policy brief outlines regional drug use trends for 2023 based on data from 11 countries.

06 / 09 / 2024

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ENACT Live: Lake Victoria – a convergence point for environmental crimes

Criminals target loopholes in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania’s security force operations to exploit the lake’s ecosystem for profit.

14 / 08 / 2024

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Organised crime in Africa
Troubled transitions and organised crime in Ethiopia and Tunisia

This paper uses two case studies to demonstrate the effects of failing transitions and democratic backsliding on rising transnational organised crime.

24 / 07 / 2024 by Tadesse Simie Metekia & Matt Herbert

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