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Rwanda: Kigali to Crackdown on Drug Use and Cross Border Smuggling

December 23, 2011
| Economics
| Africa

Increased drug smuggling from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, and Tanzania is prompting Rwanda to expand deterrent efforts . . . drug traders are targeting the youth, which make up 80 percent of the country’s  drug users . . . the Rwanda National Police force plans to increase border security and target distributors . . . drug abuse highlights the dangers of Rwanda’s porous borders with its unstable neighbors . . . drug usage by the youth could prove to be a major obstacle to Kigali’s economic development.

 
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