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The United States Africa Command has raised concerns over a significant increase in illegal drug trafficking across Africa, revealing that the volume of narcotics moving through the continent has grown more than sixfold within the last two years.
AFRICOM Director of Logistics, Brig. Gen. Paul Filcek, disclosed this during a virtual media briefing held on the sidelines of the 2026 Africa Logistics and Communications Symposium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Filcek said, “the sharp rise in drug trafficking, alongside other transnational crimes such as human trafficking, poses a growing threat to security, safety and economic prosperity across Africa”.
He stressed that tackling those challenges required stronger collaboration among African nations and international partners, supported by effective communication systems and robust logistics networks.
According to him, security agencies must…
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