World Drug Day report highlights spike in drug use, increased trafficking
26 june 2024 - 13:11:39Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The UN agency tackling crime and drug abuse (UNODC) released its annual World Drug Report on [...] Full text...
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Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The UN agency tackling crime and drug abuse (UNODC) released its annual World Drug Report on [...] Full text...
Day 2 at AfDB Meetings in Nairobi
28 may 2024 - 11:42:24Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The BRICS Alliance, together with the new member additions, are providing immense trade and investment opportunities [...] Full text...
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Trafficking in the Sahel: Cracking down on illicit drugs (Feature by UN News)
06 may 2024 - 05:29:35Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Cocaine, cannabis and opioids are getting easier to buy as criminal networks and armed groups capitalise [...] Full text...
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Teen alcohol and nicotine use in Europe is up; WHO urges preventive measures
25 april 2024 - 12:36:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Smoking and drinking is on the rise among teenagers in Europe, Central Asia and Canada, and girls [...] Full text...
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Drug trafficking undermining stability and development in Sahel region: UN drug agency
21 april 2024 - 05:13:41Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Drug trafficking in the Sahel region – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and the Niger – [...] Full text...
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Drugs online: UN-backed body offers solutions to counter narcotics surge
06 march 2024 - 07:01:52Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Drug dealers have continued to use cutting-edge digital technology, social media platforms and disinformation to sell [...] Full text...
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Over 400 kg of drugs seized by police in Burkina Faso
05 january 2024 - 13:08:04Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Anti-Drugs Unit of Burkina Faso's National Police announced on Friday that it had seized [...] Full text...
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Malian customs seizes 150 cases of white mercury in Kéniéba
04 january 2024 - 14:30:14Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian customs officers last week Friday seized a record 150 cases of white mercury with a [...] Full text...
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Trafficking in the Sahel undermining rule of law (Feature by UN News)
04 june 2023 - 06:38:17Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Kourou/Koualou, a tiny village in a neutral zone straddling Benin and Burkina Faso, was the [...] Full text...
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Trafficking in the Sahel: Guns, gas and gold
21 may 2023 - 05:48:49Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Chili peppers, fake medicine, fuel, gold, guns, humans, and more are being trafficked via millennia-old trade [...] Full text...
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Legalising cannabis fails to address health risks: UN drugs control board
10 march 2023 - 05:22:54Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Moves by a small number of governments to legalise the non-medical use of cannabis have led [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to authorise use of medical cannabis soon - Health minister
06 october 2022 - 09:46:07Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, said on Wednesday that his ministry will [...] Full text...
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Kenyans prepare to vote new President (News Analysis by Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)
04 august 2022 - 13:15:56Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyans are preparing to vote on 9 August 2022 to elect President Uhuru Kenyatta's successor and [...] Full text...
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Mali burns drugs worth 140 million CFA francs
28 june 2022 - 20:04:32Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mali Central Narcotics Office (OCS) on Monday burned drugs valued at 140 million CFA francs [...] Full text...
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UN drug report shines light on cannabis, cocaine and methamphetamine trends
28 june 2022 - 05:25:08Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Legalised cannabis use in some countries and states appears to have accelerated daily use and related [...] Full text...
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15 kg of cannabis resin, 1 kg of cocaine and narcotic tablets seized in Libya
27 january 2022 - 18:58:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least 15 kg of cannabis resin, 1 kg of cocaine and 3,692 Tramadol tablets were [...] Full text...
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UN top envoy: Resurgence of coups d'état, consequence of being ‘completely out of step’
11 january 2022 - 05:48:14New York, US (PANA) - After a recent wave of attempts and coups d'état in Central African Republic, Mali, Sudan and Guinea, the UN Special [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Police gives monetary reward to informantts on drug trafficking, other crimes
08 december 2021 - 08:13:48Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth told parliament Tuesday the police department was allocated Rs5,502,520 or USD131,012.4 [...] Full text...
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Mauritian customs seizes 1.884 kg of hashish at office of courier service
28 july 2021 - 09:44:23Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Customs Anti-Narcotics Section (CANS) of the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) on Monday seized 1.884 kg [...] Full text...
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Malian soldier arrested trying to smuggle cannabis into Bamako central prison
06 july 2021 - 14:42:01Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A soldier with Malian Air Force who tried last Saturday to smuggle 500 grams of cannabis [...] Full text...
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Drug-related offences rise in Mauritius
03 july 2021 - 07:42:44Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius last year recorded an increased drug offence rate from 3.9 to 4.2 per 1,000 [...] Full text...
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Sexual violence and exploitation cases on the decline in Mauritius
02 july 2021 - 10:12:44Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius says that the number of reported sexual violence and sexual exploitation in the country [...] Full text...
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Nigerian President Buhari launches ‘War Against Drug Abuse’
26 june 2021 - 17:06:26Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday launched a "War Against Drug Abuse" (WADA) sounding an alarm [...] Full text...
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Pandemic fuelling major increase in drug use worldwide: UN report
25 june 2021 - 07:56:16New York, US (PANA) - Around 275 million people used drugs worldwide in the last year of unprecedented upheaval caused [...] Full text...
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Drug trafficker arrested in Burkina Faso with 12kg of cannabis
14 june 2021 - 18:51:04Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe National Police announced on Monday that they had arrested a 34-year-old drug trafficker [...] Full text...
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Malian narcotics office seizes 1.4 kg of cocaine from French-Malian
13 june 2021 - 11:27:21Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Central Narcotics Office on Saturday announced that it has seized 1.4 kg of cocaine with [...] Full text...
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Dozens of policemen killed in an ambush by drug dealers in western Sudan
15 may 2021 - 16:24:58Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Twelve policemen, including an officer, were killed and 14 other injured when narcotics dealers ambushed a [...] Full text...
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Joint UN-INTERPOL operation disrupts firearms supply to terrorist networks in West Africa, Sahel
21 december 2020 - 20:17:25Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - An international operation coordinated jointly by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and [...] Full text...
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UN commission reclassifies cannabis, no longer considered risky narcotic
03 december 2020 - 05:18:55Vienna Austria (PANA) - The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) has taken a number of decisions leading to changes [...] Full text...
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Frenchman arrested with cannabis at Mauritius airport
01 december 2020 - 14:34:36Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Police drug squad in Mauritius on Monday arrested a 46-year-old Frenchman with 39 cannabis seeds [...] Full text...
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Mali destroys tons of illicit drugs and counterfeit pharmaceuticals
19 november 2020 - 15:47:49Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Central Office of Narcotics (OCS) in Dio, some 40 km from Bamako, on Wednesday incinerated [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe police destroy cannabis farm in Nahouri province
14 october 2020 - 13:15:52Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso police last week destroyed a thousand cannabis plants on two fields in Nahouri [...] Full text...
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Mali customs seize large quantity of cannabis in Segou
27 august 2020 - 18:20:27Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian customs services on Monday seized a ton of cannabis in Ségou, central Mali, some [...] Full text...
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'Niger is a transit country for international drug trafficking'
26 june 2020 - 17:55:35Niamey, Niger (PANA) - "Niger is certainly not a drug-producing country, but its pivotal position between sub-Saharan and North Africa [...] Full text...
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Over one ton of illicit drugs, two tons of fake medicines seized in Burkina Faso
26 june 2020 - 15:54:33Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Between 2019 and the first quarter of 2020, over one ton and half of illicit [...] Full text...
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Nigerien police seize 82.5 kg of cannabis, 4,000 tramadol tablets in Niamey
23 june 2020 - 19:57:02Niamey, Niger (PANA) – The central office for the Repression of illegal drug trafficking (OCTRIS), seized huge quantities of drugs [...] Full text...
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More than 1.5 tonnes of cannabis seized by Togolese customs near border with Ghana
19 june 2020 - 18:54:11Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togolese customs seized 1.5 tonnes of cannabis at the border post of Hihéatro, Plateaux region, near [...] Full text...
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More than 5 tons of cannabis and other illicit drugs seized in 2019 in Mali
27 may 2020 - 14:20:43Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Intervention units of the Central Narcotics Office (OCS) in charge of the fight against illicit drugs [...] Full text...
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More than three tons of cannabis seized in western Burkina Faso
26 may 2020 - 12:10:28Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkinabe customs officers have seized 3.22 tons of cannabis worth 322 million CFA francs in [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: Large quantity of cannabis recovered after assault on terrorist bases in north-west
20 may 2020 - 18:10:02Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Apart from the 47 terrorists neutralized in Tuesday's assault on two terrorist bases in the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic causes some illegal drug prices to surge, as supplies are disrupted worldwide - UNODC
08 may 2020 - 05:38:43Vienna Austria (PAN) - Measures by governments across the world to curb the COVID-19 pandemic have led to the widespread [...] Full text...
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Two suspected drug smugglers from DR Congo shot dead by Rwanda border guards
12 january 2020 - 16:11:13Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Two suspected drug smugglers were killed late Saturday by Rwandan security agents in Rubavu, a district [...] Full text...
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Some 14.3 million Nigerians addicted to various forms of drugs - Minister
13 december 2019 - 07:05:58Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, says that the country has an estimated 14.3 million [...] Full text...
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Burundi police carry out nationwide operation to combat cross-border crime
22 november 2019 - 15:16:22Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's national police reported on Friday an operation to fight cross-border crimes (Usalama, Peace), carried out [...] Full text...
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Demonstrators want cannabis liberalized in Mauritius
30 october 2019 - 17:42:07Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The "Cannabis Legalization and Informative Movement" (CLAIM) announced on Wednesday set Saturday, November 2 as [...] Full text...
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Beninese arrested with 5kg cannabis at Mauritius airport
22 october 2019 - 12:35:41Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A Beninese national aged 27 was arrested on Monday at Sir Seewoosagur International Airport in [...] Full text...
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Ivorian police seize 4.35 tonnes of cannabis from Ghana
15 october 2019 - 12:00:30Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian police on Saturday intercepted a vehicle intercepted in the Anyama corridor, at one of [...] Full text...
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Ugandan youth arrested with illicit drugs in Mauritius
28 september 2019 - 16:09:34Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A 22-year-old Ugandan, Samakula Musisi Jesse Mukhbi, was arrested on Saturday when he picked up [...] Full text...
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Nigeria and challenge of illicit drugs use and trafficking (Feature by Madu Onuorah, PANA correspondent)
16 september 2019 - 11:15:00Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The challenge of illicit drug use and trafficking has assumed frightening dimension that pose serious threat to [...] Full text...
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Challenge of illicit drugs use, trafficking in Nigeria (Feature by Madu Onuorah, PANA correspondent)
13 september 2019 - 13:54:56Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The challenge of illicit drug use and trafficking has assumed frightening dimension that pose serious threat to [...] Full text...
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Four Mauritians convicted of drug trafficking in Reunion
12 september 2019 - 18:20:21Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Six people, including four Mauritians and two Reunionese, were jailed on Thursday to between one [...] Full text...
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Togo minister notes disturbing security situation in the country
12 july 2019 - 04:59:53Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The security situation in the first half of 2019 in Togo has been of concern to [...] Full text...
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Cannabis, cocaine, heroin destroyed in Burundi
05 july 2019 - 19:52:28Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Some 1,660 kg of cannabis,7 kg of cocaine and 3 kg of heroin were destroyed on [...] Full text...
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Several tons of drugs worth CFAF 1.5 billion burnt near Bamako
02 july 2019 - 23:58:39Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Central Narcotics Control Office (OCS), dedicated to the fight against drugs and other narcotics, Tuesday [...] Full text...
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French woman arrested at Mauritius airport for importing drugs
02 july 2019 - 18:38:55Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - A 25-year-old Fatoumata Souaré, a French national, was arrested on Tuesday with drugs when she arrived [...] Full text...
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Niger now transit country for drugs - Minister
26 june 2019 - 11:38:39Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger is a non-drug-producing country that has become a major transit area where large quantities of [...] Full text...
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Mauritians call for legalisation of cannabis for medical purposes
08 june 2019 - 16:10:52Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A hundred Mauritians, gathered under the name Kolektif 420, took part on Saturday in a [...] Full text...
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Togo: 12 wounded in attempted jail break in Tsévié
04 june 2019 - 18:18:45Lome, Togo (PANA) - Togolese authorities have said they have blocked an attempted jail break in Tsévié prison, a town [...] Full text...
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Legislator calls for legalisation of marijuana in Tanzania
21 may 2019 - 16:19:10Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – A Tanzanian legislator has asked the government to consider legalising the production and use [...] Full text...
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More than 100 suspected terrorists killed in Tunisia since 2012, Ministry of Defense
16 may 2019 - 23:07:06Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A total of 106 suspected terrorists have been eliminated in Tunisia since military operations against terrorism [...] Full text...
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More than 500 traffickers and free-riders in Tunisia arrested by army in four months
10 may 2019 - 23:44:51Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian military units arrested more than 500 traffickers and illegal free riders attempting to cross the [...] Full text...
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Burkina schools affected by drug consumption
12 february 2019 - 11:03:39Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - In Burkina Faso, like other countries of the West Africa sub-region, drug abuse is presented [...] Full text...
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Security Council highlights 'new alarming trends’ in drugs, crimes in West, Central Africa
20 december 2018 - 04:18:44New York, US (PANA) - West and Central Africa face “disruptive and destabilising” new trends regarding drug trafficking, drug use [...] Full text...
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South African top court legalises use of personal marijuana
18 september 2018 - 14:35:05Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday ruled that the personal use of marijuana is [...] Full text...
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Malagasy Customs seize drugs destined for Mauritius
08 june 2018 - 11:35:58Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA)on Friday said that 80.2 kg of cannabis, 35.5 kg of hashish [...] Full text...
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US: Global narcotics market 'thriving' – UN
22 june 2017 - 19:40:50New York, US (PANA) – Of the quarter of a billion people who used drugs in 2015, about 29.5 million [...] Full text...
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Belgium: EC, Parliament agree on mechanism to protect Europeans from new psychoactive substances
29 may 2017 - 13:25:49Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council and the Parliament on Monday reached a political agreement on a package reforming [...] Full text...
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UN: UN panel on narcotics discusses peace, security
14 march 2017 - 19:36:04New York, US (PANA) - The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs opened its 60th session in Vienna, Austria, on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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France: INTERPOL border operation targets organized crime networks across West Africa
08 december 2016 - 11:37:36Lyon, France (PANA) - An INTERPOL-led border security operation across West Africa has resulted in the arrest of human traffickers, [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Two students arrested for drugging teachers with laced marijuana cakes
13 october 2016 - 15:03:50Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia's Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested two juveniles of a named school in Ndola, [...] Full text...
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UN: UNODC calls for more action to reduce impact of drugs on societies
23 june 2016 - 14:57:56New York, US (PANA) - The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Thursday launched its annual World Drug [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Five arrested with 170kg of cannabis in Eastern Rwanda
05 april 2016 - 10:48:15Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan police have launched a series of raids in several parts of Eastern province near the [...] Full text...
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Benin: Drugs, criminals, guns and gold intercepted in INTERPOL border operations in West Africa
15 february 2016 - 14:34:49Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - An operation to strengthen border controls along the Abidjan-Lagos corridor has resulted in major seizures of [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Malagasy woman gets 13 years jail term for drug trafficking
14 august 2015 - 16:34:57Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A 40-year-old Malagasy national, Amina Houssen, was on Friday sentenced to 13 years imprisonment by [...] Full text...
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UN: UN says efforts to combat illicit drugs must be linked to development
26 june 2015 - 22:21:29New York, US (PANA) - Marking the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, top UN officials have focused [...] Full text...
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UN: 'Over 5b people worldwide lack access to essential medicines'
04 march 2015 - 07:21:26New York, US (PANA) - A report by the Vienna-based International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) has said three quarters of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria : Nigerian anti-drug agency arrests man with cannabis at Lagos airport
16 november 2014 - 10:02:56Lagos , Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian anti drug agency has arrested a man carrying 665 grammes of cannabis in his [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: AU wants drug possession offences lifted to lessen health risks
09 october 2014 - 15:37:44Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has proposed the lifting of offences associated with the possession of [...] Full text...
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Gambia: ‘Prisons conditions horrible’
18 august 2014 - 12:17:12Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - An opposition politician in The Gambia has described the prison conditions in the West African nation [...] Full text...
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Belgium: EU commits 3 million euros to fight counterfeit products in Africa
09 august 2014 - 14:40:03Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union (EU) has added 3 million euros to finance a programme designed to fight [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Four face terror charges
24 july 2014 - 11:27:16Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Four terror suspects arrested in Nairobi last weekend for possessing explosive-making materials and US$1,121 worth of [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Senegal makes higher drugs seizure
27 june 2014 - 09:07:38Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The volume of drugs seized and incinerated in Senegal this year has increased four fold, according [...] Full text...
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UN: Global drug use stable, but nearly 200,000 drug-related deaths still recorded
26 june 2014 - 16:26:48New York, US (PANA) - A World Drug Report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says global [...] Full text...
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Libya: 10 tons of hashish seized in Libya
11 june 2014 - 13:11:22Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Ten tones of hashish, a cannabis product, have been seized at the Khoms maritime port by [...] Full text...
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Morocco: Customs officers seize more than 16.6 tons of cannabis
07 june 2014 - 19:04:42Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – The Moroccan authorities on Friday seized 16.659 tons of cannabis at the port of Casablanca destined [...] Full text...
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UN: Report warns on synthetic drugs flooding markets
20 may 2014 - 22:41:55New York, US (PANA) - A new report on Tuesday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Police hunt for 13 notorious fugitives
14 may 2014 - 15:24:13Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Zambian Police have appealed to the public to help locate 13 dangerous suspects who escaped [...] Full text...
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Senegal: UNODC says West Africa is one of the largest producers of cannabis
11 april 2014 - 20:48:46Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - West Africa is one of the largest producers of cannabis and it is also a transit [...] Full text...
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Senegal: 'Drug use increases in Africa'
04 march 2014 - 22:53:19Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB ) says there has been an increase in drug trafficking [...] Full text...
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UN: Report urges greater prevention, treatment of drug abuse
04 march 2014 - 20:10:52New York, US (PANA) - A UN report says investment in prevention and treatment of drug abuse can lead to [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia/AU: Sahelo-Saharan security ministers solicit support for Libya
20 february 2014 - 11:37:39Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As Libya prepares for an international support meeting on dealing with its internal security challenges, [...] Full text...
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Benin police in 'huge' drug haul at Cotonou port
30 january 2013 - 21:08:46Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The Benin police have seized a huge quantity of drugs in three containers at the port [...] Full text...
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President Kikwete pardons 3,814 prisoners
10 december 2012 - 11:08:15Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A total of 3,814 inmates are to be released from Tanzania's prisons starting Monday, [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International wants rampaging Madagascan security forces controlled
20 november 2012 - 17:42:52Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Madagascar’s rampaging security forces must be brought under control in the south of the country, Amnesty [...] Full text...
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Nigerian drug agency seizes 297.957 kg of drugs at Lagos airport
11 october 2012 - 09:52:39Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seized over 297.957 kilogrammes of narcotic substances from [...] Full text...
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Popular Gambian singer appears in court on drug charges
04 september 2012 - 21:20:01Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A popular Gambian singer, Sulayman Jammeh, appeared before the Kanifing Magistrate's Court on Tuesday charged with [...] Full text...
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Nigerian allegedly caught with 2 kg of drug at Cotonou airport
04 september 2012 - 17:29:00Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Benin's Central Office for Repression of Illicit Drug Trafficking (OCERTID), last weekend said it seized 2.3 [...] Full text...
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Alarm over illegal drug problem in SA
02 july 2012 - 10:12:33Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A new UN report shows that South Africa has emerged as a key producer [...] Full text...
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12 tonnes of cannabis resin seized in Morocco
02 february 2012 - 19:37:01Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – Moroccan gendarmerie announced on Thursday that it seized 11.790 tonnes of chira (cannabis resin) hidden in [...] Full text...
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More than two tonnes of cannabis seized in Morocco
21 december 2011 - 20:01:15Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – The Moroccan gendarmerie on Tuesday in Sidi Allal El Bahraoui seized 2.2 tonnes of cannabis hidden [...] Full text...
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Over 2 tons of hashish seized at Casablanca port
29 november 2011 - 21:27:00Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Some 2.114 tons of hashish, estimated at US$2.0, hidden in fake marble in a container has [...] Full text...
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Nigerian anti-drugs agency seized drugs worth US$ 4 million in 21 months
23 october 2011 - 16:45:59Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian anti-drugs agency seized drugs worth 6.1 billion naira (US$ 4.06 million) from 291 suspected [...] Full text...
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Five tonnes of cannabis seized in Southern Morocco
08 october 2011 - 12:46:48Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – Some 5.528 kilogrammes of chira or resin of cannabis were seized Friday on board a gas-supply [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Anti-narcotics agency discovers cannabis near President Jammeh's home town
26 september 2011 - 16:12:07Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - An official of Gambia's National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA), Abdoulie Ceesay, has confirmed the discovery of [...] Full text...
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Two Nigerien soldiers, six gunmen killed in clashes
16 september 2011 - 17:48:42Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Two Nigerien soldiers and six gunmen died in clashes between patrol teams of the Nigerien Armed [...] Full text...
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EU grants Morocco 54m euros for gender, rural development projects
18 august 2011 - 12:17:02Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has decided to grant Morocco 54 million euros for financing of two [...] Full text...
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Moroccan authorities seize large quantity of cannabis in Tangier
11 august 2011 - 14:29:08Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Some 1,020 kilogrammes of chira (or cannabis resin), meant for the European market, were seized Wednesday [...] Full text...
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Drugs, debt, public flogging of teacher played up in Ghana media
02 july 2011 - 09:15:20Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Claims of drug money funding political campaigns, the real debt figures and public flogging of a [...] Full text...
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Tanzanian dailies call for intensified war on illicit drugs
02 july 2011 - 08:51:49Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Illicit drugs are dreadful in Tanzania as reported by some dailies in the East [...] Full text...
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UN report says global demand for synthetic drugs increasing
23 june 2011 - 20:21:30New York, US (PANA) - The UN annual drug report said on Thursday that while global markets for cocaine, heroin [...] Full text...
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Benin customs officials seize huge quantity of cannabis
08 june 2011 - 20:32:14Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Beninese customs officials have seized a huge quantity of cannabis loaded in a taxi from Togo, [...] Full text...
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Moroccan police seize nine tonnes of cannabis resin
02 june 2011 - 20:15:23Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – The Judicial police of Marrakech in Southern Morocco has seized nine tonnes of cannabis resin and [...] Full text...
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Gambia's narcotic officials say court overburdened with drug cases
01 june 2011 - 17:02:53Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's anti-drugs agency has said that the country's narcotics court in the capital, Banjul, is overburdened [...] Full text...
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Morocco security seizes two tonnes of cannabis
18 may 2011 - 21:30:11Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – Moroccan security agencies on Wednesday seized about two tonnes of cannabis in the region of Errachidia [...] Full text...
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Moroccan Gendarmerie seizes 1.3 tonnes of cannabis
20 april 2011 - 16:31:01Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Royal Gendarmerie of Morocco has seized 1.3 tonne of “chira”, a resin of cannabis, about [...] Full text...
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France provides consular protection for national arrested in Bamako
10 march 2011 - 18:47:45Paris, France (PANA) - France will provide consular protection for its national, Eric Vernay, who was arrested Tuesday in Bamako [...] Full text...
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Burundi anti-drug police make huge marijuana seizure
10 february 2011 - 13:57:33Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Large quantities of marijuana were seized and fields of the drug destroyed in different regions of [...] Full text...
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Gambia's anti-drug agency takes fight against drugs to churches
03 february 2011 - 19:55:12Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA) has called on religious leaders in the country to highlight [...] Full text...
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Cop arrested for stealing marijuana exhibit from court
20 january 2011 - 22:30:35Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - A Malawian police officer in the central lake-shore district of Salima has been arrested by fellow [...] Full text...
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Mali becomes hub of drug trafficking - Study
18 january 2011 - 11:56:39Paris, France (PANA) - About 10 per cent of the drugs intercepted from Africa over the past three years in [...] Full text...
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Cannabis farming worsens climate change disaster in Africa
14 october 2010 - 09:33:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The cultivation of cannabis sativa in virgin fore sts is a leading cause of deforestation [...] Full text...
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Libyan newspapers highlight African issues
11 july 2010 - 14:59:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The call of Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi for the inclu sion of Ukraine into the Non-Aligned [...] Full text...
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'2,883 suspected drug traffickers arrested in Nigeria in 5 months'
16 june 2010 - 09:04:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested 2,883 suspected drug traffickers in five month, between [...] Full text...
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About six tonnes of cannabis incinerated in Morocco
21 may 2010 - 12:32:00Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- A total of 5. 8 tonnes of "chira" or cannabis seized rece ntly in the province [...] Full text...
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Economy car policy shifts focus on corruption in Kenya govt
27 january 2010 - 19:23:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Six months before this yearâ?s budget is presented in K enya, the proposal to save Sh2 [...] Full text...
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UN says global drug menace remains serious
24 june 2009 - 20:16:00New York- US (PANA) -- A report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on We dnesday said [...] Full text...
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Over 32 tonnes of cannabis seized at Casablanca harbour
24 april 2009 - 22:16:00Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Some 32. 2 tonnes of cannabis bound for Spain was seized on Thursday evening at the [...] Full text...
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Four policemen arrested in Guinea-Bissau for robbery
15 april 2009 - 23:24:00Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- Four policemen suspected to be among a gang of robbers we re last week arrested by the [...] Full text...
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Sub-regional seminar on narcotics opens in Gambia
12 march 2009 - 16:14:00Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- A sub-regional seminar for a strategic and operational p lan on the fight against the consumption [...] Full text...
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Over 2 tonnes of hashish seized in Morocco
05 march 2009 - 15:04:00Rabat- Marocco (PANA) -- Over two tonnes of hashish were seized on Wednesday in Tanger, in northern Morocco, by the [...] Full text...
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Zambian drug commission arrests Briton for trafficking
26 february 2009 - 15:56:00Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) – A British woman has been a-rrested in Lusaka, capital of Zambia, by the country's Drug Enforcement [...] Full text...
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Zambian drug commission arrests Briton for trafficking
26 february 2009 - 14:27:00Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) – A British woman has been a-rrested in Lusaka, capital of Zambia, by the country's Drug Enforcement [...] Full text...
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Local musician bags suspended sentence for drug trafficking in Zambia
11 february 2009 - 11:20:00Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- A Lusaka Magistrates Court has sentenced prominent local musician Maiko Zulu, popularly known as St Michael, [...] Full text...
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Freed Ukrainian arms ship to dock in Kenya Thursday
10 february 2009 - 14:22:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The hijacked Ukrainian ship carrying more than 33 tanks and other heavy military arsenal, is due [...] Full text...
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305,000kg of illicit drugs seized in Nigeria in 10 months
30 january 2009 - 10:31:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seized 304,822kg of different illicit drugs between January and [...] Full text...
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111 tonnes of hashish seized in Morocco in 2008
05 january 2009 - 15:43:00Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- At least 110. 8 tonnes of hashis, mainly Europe-bound, we re seized in 2008 by Moroccan [...] Full text...
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