Africa

The government of the West African nation of Gambia on Friday revoked with immediate effect all timber export licenses and...

Dozens were arrested and hundreds of illegally trafficked weapons recovered in a cross border operation aimed at clamping...

The Sahel, the arid plains of North Africa wedged between the Sahara desert and the dense jungles farther south, has long...

Nigeria’s Customs Service seized 2,820 donkey skins worth US$116,000, which were to be smuggled out of the country –...

Africa’s tramadol epidemic, particularly prevalent in West and Central Africa, keeps gaining momentum – according to the UN...

Of all Latin American countries, Venezuela and Bolivia are the worst when it comes to tackling corruption and Guatemala,...

European countries have recently resumed imports of phosphate — a key ingredient in fertilizer — from Syria. The trade...

South Africa, the world’s largest chrome producer, loses around 10% of its annual production to illegal mining which has...

A subsidiary of the Swiss commodities giant Glencore admitted it paid millions of dollars in bribes to African officials to...

The police in southeast Nigeria rescued 35 girls aged 14 to 17 who were exploited for prostitution and ‘baby harvesting’ in...

Despite charges of illicitly trafficking over 30 tonnes of ivory for over a decade now, the alleged members of one of...

While small arms like pistols and assault weapons such as AR-15 dominate debates around gun control and the illegal firearms...