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Relatives mourn the victims of the recent opioid crisis in the US.

Drug use worldwide in numbers

The millions of lives destroyed by drug abuse

While more than 60 million people are living with drug use disorders, only one in 12 of these people is in treatment. Facts and figures on global drug use.

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by Isah Shafiq

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Lebanon is the first country in the Middle East to abolish death penalty.

Good News

South Africa revokes exploration rights, Lebanon abolishes death penalty

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by D+C / E+Z
A khat seller in Somalia, Kenya’s largest export market for the plant.

Drug trade

How a drug lobby almost reopened a border

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by Joseph Maina
Drug abuse is particularly high in Zimbabwe’s urban centres, especially in the capital, Harare.

Rehabilitation

Inside Zimbabwe’s controversial drug rehab camps

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by Deogracious Kalima
The number of people taking drugs has recently climbed dramatically.

Our view

Fighting drugs with smart development policy

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by Jörg Döbereiner
Donald Trump and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in October 2025 at the Sharm El Sheikh Peace Summit, where they apparently also discussed real estate projects involving one of Trump’s sons.

Kleptocracy

Trump: benefiting privately from public office

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by Hans Dembowski
The violence in Gaza continues: an Israeli air strike hit this vehicle and the people inside it in Gaza City on 19 September.

Book review

Put pressure on Israel, demands Holocaust scholar

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by Hans Dembowski
Students and activists are protesting for stricter measures for women’s safety in New Delhi in October.

Women’s safety

How women are fighting for their safety in Delhi’s public spaces

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by Roli Mahajan
Men in a bar in Kano – drinking alcohol has become a pastime in Nigeria.

Alcohol

Why alcohol is a threat to public health in Nigeria

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by Chinedu Moghalu
Books displayed for sale at street book fairs held at different locations across Khartoum.

Conflict

Khartoum: a city picks up its pieces

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by Aunnab Alman
Members of the civil society organisation “Grupo Marte” on patrol in the Mexican border town of Tijuana.

Civil society engagement

Mexico under the influence of drugs

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by Sonja Peteranderl