All news on the topic: West Africa

The Netherlands has formally requested the extradition of convicted drug criminal Jos Leijdekkers, a notorious figure in international drug trafficking.

Sources have located Johannes Leijdekkers in the West African country since at least December 2022.

Record-breaking cocaine seizures in Portugal in 2024 have cemented the country’s status as a crucial axis in drug trafficking routes into Europe.

While the beautiful beaches and palm trees are aplenty, it’s the local young men that elderly British tourists are seemingly on the hunt for when they travel to Gambia on holiday

The Nigerian president’s son owned an offshore company with the son of a tycoon who recently received the contract to build a 700-kilometer highway spanning the West African country’s coast, leaked corporate documents reveal.

Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau have authorized a Swiss-based civil society organization to facilitate chemical testing of a drug that is wreaking havoc in West Africa and has prompted the president of Sierra Leone to declare a national emergency.

Beny Steinmetz’s company obtained iron ore deposits worth billions thanks to bribes paid to the wife of a West African president.