The train moves through landscapes stitched with violence, carrying bodies and destinies alike… where to every birth its blood flows on tracks of both exile and homecoming. — Mongane Wally Serote ...

West Africa has long been "a natural stopover" for drugs -- mostly cocaine from Latin America -- making their way to North Africa and Europe, mostly through maritime routes but increasingly overland, ...

Drug trafficking through West Africa to Europe is deepening addiction and straining public resources in some of the world’s poorest countries.