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The opaque nature of Mozambique’s illicit artisanal and small-scale mining industry has siphoned millions from the country’s...

A Nigerien court postponed on Monday the appeal trial of journalist Moussa Aksar, who was in May convicted in a defamation...

Once the most pirate-infested region on the planet, the waters off the coast of Somalia are now home to a different maritime...

A report released Monday alleges that Mozambique’s Islamist insurgency funds its “terrorist” activities through involvement...

Tensions remain high in the contested North African territory of Western Sahara ever since an incident at the end of last...

Hundreds of civilians have been killed by Islamist insurgents, government security forces and a pro-government mercenary...

Historically based on exports to the huge U.S. market, the axis of the global cocaine trade has in the last twenty years...

Balkan arms smugglers are supplying Sweden’s criminal groups with assault rifles, Serbian pistols and Yugoslav-era hand...

The Swiss and Uzbek governments established terms for the return of US$131 million in assets confiscated from the daughter...

An international organised crime-watchdog has warned that Iranian weapons and ammunition supplied to Houthi insurgents in...

Just weeks after organised crime experts warned of an uptick in human smuggling amid the pandemic, European authorities have...

Following a rash of prison riots, allegedly coordinated by inmates afraid of coronavirus infection, Italian authorities have...