Our Burning Planet

Rare clivias targeted in southern Africa’s evolving illegal plant trade

By Carina Bruwer

Africa

SA ranks third in Africa on Organised Crime Index 2023

By Ed Stoddard

Africa

Morocco’s powerful ‘Mocro Maffia’ an evolving drug trafficking threat to Europe and North Africa 

By ISS Enact Project

Africa

Kenya bleeding revenue through illicit ethanol production, smuggling

By Willis Okumu for ISS Today

South Africa

Youth aspirations spurring migrant smuggling boom from Côte d’Ivoire

By Deo Gumba for ISS TODAY

South Africa

Fake Covid-19 vaccines seized in SA just the start for Africa

By Richard Chelin and Craig Moffat

Africa

Increased risk for Nigerians as drug smugglers rebrand tramadol 

By Maurice Ogbonnaya for ISS Today

Africa

Mauritius battles a growing synthetic drugs problem

By ISS Today

South Africa

Organised crime moves in on South Africa’s livestock industry

By ISS Today

Africa

Cross-border arms trafficking inflames northern Kenya’s conflict

By ISS Today

South Africa

A question of scales: how to protect the African pangolin

By Tessa Knight

Africa

What is driving sub-Saharan Africa’s rapid rise in drug use?

By ISS Today