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Fighters from the separatist group Front de libération de l’Azawad (FLA) in Kidal, northern Mali.

West Africa

The Sahel cannot find peace

In the Sahel, security crises, economic decline and the consequences of the climate crisis are exacerbating one another. Whilst military juntas fail to deliver on their promises of stability, Russia and China are expanding their influence in the region.

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

13.11.2026

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Relatives mourn the victims of the recent opioid crisis in the US.

Drug use worldwide in numbers

The millions of lives destroyed by drug abuse

While more than 60 million people were living with drug use disorders in 2024, only one in 12 of these people was in treatment. Facts and figures on global drug use.

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by Isah Shafiq

12.11.2026

Lebanon is the first country in the Middle East to abolish death penalty.

Good News

South Africa revokes exploration rights, Lebanon abolishes death penalty

South Africa’s Constitutional Court revokes exploration rights on the Wild Coast, and Lebanon is the first MENA coutry to abolish death penalty.

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by D+C / E+Z

11.11.2026

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Alcohol

Why alcohol is a threat to public health in Nigeria

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by Chinedu Moghalu

23.10.2026

Books displayed for sale at street book fairs held at different locations across Khartoum.

Conflict

Khartoum: a city picks up its pieces

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by Aunnab Alman

22.10.2026

Members of the civil society organisation “Grupo Marte” on patrol in the Mexican border town of Tijuana.

Civil society engagement

Mexico under the influence of drugs

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by Sonja Peteranderl

21.10.2026

Monthly Front

Cover of the D+C Development and Cooperation magazine, issue 11/2026: an illustrated person with bowed head holds a lit cigarette in a dark setting.

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In the Digital Monthly Edition 11/2026

Drugs, despair, dependency

Drug use worldwide in numbers

The millions of lives destroyed by drug abuse

While more than 60 million people were living with drug use disorders in 2024, only one in 12 of these people was in treatment. Facts and figures on global drug use.

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by Isah Shafiq

12.11.2026

A khat seller in Somalia, Kenya’s largest export market for the plant.

Drug trade

How a drug lobby almost reopened a border

Khat exports are worth around $ 100 million a year to Kenya. Farmers and traders hope that their economic and political clout will finally reopen the long-closed border with Somalia permanently.

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by Joseph Maina

06.11.2026

Drug abuse is particularly high in Zimbabwe’s urban centres, especially in the capital, Harare.

Rehabilitation

Inside Zimbabwe’s controversial drug rehab camps

Young people struggling with addiction in Zimbabwe are caught between non-existent public mental health services and unregulated rehab centres. Testimonies describe military drills, corruption and confinement in facilities that claim to offer treatment.

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by Deogracious Kalima