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Colombia will push for crop substitution

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COLOMBIA

New anti-drug policies are designed to encourage coca producers to switch to alternative crops and provide mechanisms for them to become landowners. Alternative development…

Synthetic drug krokodil could ravage conflict zones

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INTERNATIONAL

Known as 'a poor man's heroin', the potent and harmful homemade krokodil has reached North America, although most of its use so far is in Russia and neighbouring states.

Congo-Kinshasa leader has more plans to prolong rule

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CONGO-KINSHASA

Presidential politics in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Afghan president will fight interim government plan

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AFGHANISTAN

The decision shores up Ghani's position against domestic political opponents demanding he step down on May 22 to make way for an interim government -- an idea floated during…

Syrian drug traffickers could shift routes to Libya

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LIBYA

Still, the narcotics trade provides a lucrative alternative revenue stream for government-aligned actors in Syria. These external pressures are therefore instead likely to prompt…

Afghan leader will cede minimum in power-sharing deal

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AFGHANISTAN

A new power-sharing deal in Afghanistan.

Georgia struggles to stay out of war in Ukraine

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GEORGIA/UKRAINE

The death of a Georgian national in Ukraine spurred controversy when the defence ministry put out an allegedly unauthorised statement blaming former President Mikheil Saakashvili…

Peace process becomes US-Afghan contest

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AFGHANISTAN

Ghani is trying to counter what he sees as precipitate decisions made during US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad's recent meeting with Taliban representatives, which include a US…

Wagner's influence in Africa may prove exaggerated

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AFRICA

Notably, US intelligence accuses Wagner of efforts to destabilise Chad’s junta as well as broader regional ambitions of creating a “unified ‘confederation’ of African states”…

Added US sanctions on Syria may prove self-defeating

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SYRIA/US

This comes as the US Congress is finalising a bill, the Caesar Act, that would substantially increase the sanctions pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government. As…