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A detention centre in Bamako, Mali. (file)
Wake-up call
Meanwhile, local and regional actors continue to join forces to combat the illegal drug trade in the Sahel, according to UNODC.
The agency’s new report should serve as a “wake-up call”, said Leonardo Santos Simão, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel.
“States in the Sahel region – along with the international community – must take urgent, coordinated and comprehensive action to dismantle drug trafficking networks and give the people in these countries the future they deserve,” he said.