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West Africa, opioid and India's Drugs Controller General

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India bans two opioids behind crisis in West Africa

Indian authorities have banned two highly-addictive opioids in response to a BBC investigation which found they were fuelling a public health crisis in parts of West Africa. In a letter seen by the BBC from India's Drugs Controller General, Dr Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi said permission to manufacture and export the drugs had been withdrawn

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Centre bans manufacture and export of 2 drugs 'fuelling' West Africa opioid crisis

Maharashtra's Aveo Pharmaceuticals was raided by state and central drug inspectors following a BBC documentary exposing their illegal export of unlicensed, addictive opioid pills to West Africa, leading to halted production and seized inventory.

Business Standard · 5h

CDSCO withdraws export NOC, bans drugs linked to West Africa opioid crisis

The ministry added that Aveo Pharmaceuticals has been issued a Stop Activity Order, halting all operations at the company's premises after a comprehensive audit

India’s Opioid Kings: BBC Eye investigation exposes an Indian pharma firm fuelling West Africa’s opioid crisis

India’s Opioid Kings, a new documentary from the BBC World Service’s award-winning BBC Eye Investigations team, has revealed that an Indian pharmaceutical company is manufacturing unlicensed, addictive opioids and exporting them illegally to West Africa where they are driving a major public health crisis.

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Exposing an Indian pharma firm fuelling West Africa's opioid crisis

An Indian drug maker tells a BBC undercover team its addictive cocktail drug is “very harmful” but “this is business”.

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Why is there so much gold in west Africa?

Most gold production and reserves in west Africa are found within the west African craton. This is one of the world’s oldest ...

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China refiners buy more Brazilian, W.African crude as sanctions, tariffs disrupt supply

Chinese refiners have stepped up purchases of Brazilian and West African crude as they reorganise sourcing around sanctions ...

Multi-billion dollar investment signals new era of industrial transformation for West Africa

Themed “Accelerating West Africa’s Sustainable Industrial Revolution for Economic Prosperity”, the event will convene market ...

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Ecowas breakup could push up food prices and worsen hunger in west Africa

The cost of a daily nutritious diet in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger is 110% higher than the west African region’s daily ...

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Best West African restaurant in Portland named one of the best in US

"I want customers to feel like they traveled somewhere in West Africa and they’re really eating the way they would’ve eaten ...

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Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré Is Making Waves in West Africa. Who Is He?

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led ...

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How will Africa adapt to a disappearing ‘West’?

The widening divergence between Europe and the United States (US) under President Donald Trump appears to be rendering the ...

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