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Conflict, Coups and Containers: Why Sahel cocaine routes were disrupted

The Sahel region of Africa is a 3,860-kilometre arc-like land mass lying to the immediate south of the Sahara Desert and stretching east-west across the breadth of the African continent (file photo).

Niger’s July 2023 coup also disrupted a long-standing protection system that enabled many traffickers to operate with a high degree of impunity.

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