UNODC is recruiting a francophone research consultant to map & assess the needs of female leadership networks active in the prevention of violent extremism at border areas between Sahel & coastal countries. careers.un.org/jobSearchDescr… Deadline 20/8. Please apply/share widely

💼 Productive meeting with the Commission Sous Régionale des Pêches Dr Khallahi Brahim on exploring collaboration opportunities 🫱🏽‍🫲🏿to generate and collect #research data 📊relating to #crimes in the #fishery sector and assess the impact of these crimes on stability and development in the region.📈

#GuineaBissau: 2.6t of #cocaine seized on a plane. Brazilian, Colombian & Mexican nationals arrested. #WestAfrica has a long history of trafficking by air, with jets stopping on the coast, but this is the largest seizure on a plane for over a decade. pjguinebissau.com/artigos/comuni…

#Ceddo: Ousmane Sembène's epic film on how nation building in #Senegal was not as linear as we think. It was banned for 8 years in Senegal when it first came out in 1977. It is available here: youtube.com/watch?v=9ipcyn…

Chercheur.euses en terrain hostile : enquêter malgré tout via France Culture radiofrance.fr/franceculture/…

Job opportunity in #Cameroon as national researcher on trafficking in medical products - short deadline, apply now,or share with potentially interested colleagues! Francois Patuel UN Office on Drugs & Crime app.unv.org/opportunities/…

📅 UNODC West & Central Africa🇺🇳 a été reçu par S.E.M. Michel Régis ONANGA M. NDIAYE, Ministre des Affaires étrangères du Gabon, pour discuter des priorités communes et présenter notre projet de recherche sur le #trafic de produits médicaux 💊 dans la zone CEMAC 🌍📚 Avec le soutien de l'UE🙏

#India issued a stop production order for drugs containing both tapentadol (pharmaceutical opioid similar to #tramadol) & carisoprodol due to exports in #WestAfrica: pib.gov.in/PressReleasePa…