Heroin destroying lives in Kenya: trafficking to Europe fuels rising local addiction
Africa • Nov 22, 2024, 10:40 AM
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Kenya has long been a transit country for heroin smuggled from Afghanistan to South Africa and back up towards Europe. In recent years, the drug has spilled over into some communities, fueling addiction. Story by Laurent Berstecher.
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More than 120, mostly civilians, killed in two days in Sudan bombardments
Africa • 8:44 PM
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More than 120 people, mostly civilians, were killed in Sudan on Monday and Tuesday by barrel bombs and shelling from the warring sides, rights activists said. The 20-month-old war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been
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Sudan 'biggest humanitarian crisis ever recorded', International Rescue Committee says
Africa • 12:45 AM
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Sudan topped the ICR's watchlist of global humanitarian crises for the second year in a row in a report released Wednesday. The organisation said a total of 30.4 million people were in humanitarian need in the war-torn African country, making it the worl
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