$1.2bn of cocaine though W Africa each year -news24

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The UN secretary-general says an estimated $1.2bn worth of cocaine transits through West Africa each year, and the Security Council is expressing "deep concern" about the drug trade's increasing links to terrorist groups.

The council issued a presidential statement on Wednesday after Ban Ki-moon briefed it on the widespread risks to stability in a region where borders are porous, governments are poorly funded and extremists groups are active.

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