Insurgents fund their activities through stealing cows – making it more difficult to address organised crime and terrorism.
The country’s extractive reform strategy doesn’t address the impact of illegal cobalt mining on people, the environment and the economy.
The DRC is an origin, transit and destination country for counterfeit currency, most of which is US dollar-denominated.
Growing populations, established criminal networks and thriving gangs make these cities the perfect market for smugglers.
With multiple violent conflicts, banditry and porous borders that enable weapons smuggling, gun liberalisation could backfire.
Solid minerals are critical national assets – and should be prioritised like the country’s oil and gas exploration.
Caution is crucial in airstrikes to prevent tragic accidents like the recent bombing in Kaduna State.
In a strategy honed by Boko Haram, bandits are enlisting women for arms trafficking in Nigeria’s north-west.
International support is needed to sanction businesses complicit in timber trafficking from the Central African Republic.
This study explores the complex relationships between urbanisation and transnational organised crime.
Urban spaces have emerged as the new frontier for insecurity in West Africa, with urbanisation trends shaping criminality dynamics in the region.
Organised criminal networks that previously traded mostly with African elephant ivory are turning to pangolins.
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