"Pirate" fishermen are roaming the seas along West Africa and looting marine treasure from some of the world's poorest countries

A massive drug seizure by Nigerian authorities yielded $9.9 million in high-grade heroin bound for Europe, Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said Saturday

The judiciary police squad brought, on Friday, before the King's attorney general to the Rabat Appeal Court thirty-four individuals, including four foreign nationals, members of the international network for cocaine and chira trafficking which was smashed recently by the police.

Violence and incarceration for months or even years found on ships off coast of west Africa

At least two tonnes of cocaine with a street value estimated at $1bn has been seized in The Gambia, bound for Europe

The CEO of Algerian state energy firm Sonatrach, Mohamed Meziane, is under investigation over corruption allegations and his duties have been taken over by one of his deputies, industry sources said on Thursday.

Increasing demand for donated organs, uncontrolled trafficking and the challenges of transplantation has fuelled an underground market of unscrupulous traffickers who hunt for potential donors willing to sell their body parts for money.