http://csis.org/program/13314/blog A List of Blog entries Related to a Program en http://csis.org/blog/west-africa%E2%80%99s-international-drug-trade <p><strong>By Stephen Ellis</strong></p> <p>Two years have gone by since the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) sounded an alarm about West Africa's role in the international drug trade. In 2007, the UNODC published a report identifying the Portuguese-speaking state of Guinea-Bissau in particular as an emerging narco-state that provided a convenient halfway stop for Latin American drug traders exporting to Europe.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/blog/west-africa%E2%80%99s-international-drug-trade">read more</a></p> http://csis.org/blog/west-africa%E2%80%99s-international-drug-trade#comments Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:23:53 -0500 Online Africa Policy Forum 22501 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/blog/obama-administration%E2%80%99s-sudan-strategy <p>&nbsp;<strong>By Jennifer Cooke and J. Stephen Morrison</strong></p> <div>After months of internal debate, mounting impatience among U.S. activist groups, and rapidly approaching deadlines in the Sudanese Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), the Obama administration unveiled its strategy toward Sudan this week, calling for frank dialogue with the government in Khartoum and promising &ldquo;calibrated steps to bolster support for positive change and to discourage backsliding.&rdquo;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <p><a href="http://csis.org/blog/obama-administration%E2%80%99s-sudan-strategy">read more</a></p> http://csis.org/blog/obama-administration%E2%80%99s-sudan-strategy#comments Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Sudan Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:45:03 -0400 Online Africa Policy Forum 22268 at http://csis.org