West Africa: Trafficking of Opioid Pills Used By Boko Haram Suicide Bombers Soars in Sahel

13 December 2017

Maiduguri — in Maiduguri

The United Nations has warned of a rise in trafficking of the synthetic opioid tramadol across West Africa, as one official revealed it is being found in the pockets of suicide bombers.

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