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Aerial view of a large container ship moored at Lekki Deep Sea Port, Nigeria, with cranes and tugboats in operation

The West African seaboard: A new global nexus emerges

West Africa’s coastal nations are rapidly transforming into a pivotal global maritime hub, attracting unprecedented investment and redefining international trade routes with strategic port developments. Its growth trajectory is undeniable

A close-up photograph of a small pile of white powder, presumably cocaine, on a smooth gray surface. The powder appears crystalline and clumped together, illuminated dramatically from above creating shadows beneath it

The hidden highways of the Sahel

As the Sahel and North Africa spiral deeper into instability, narcotraffickers carve out new routes across the desert, leveraging chaos for profit