Seven African countries, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Mali, Mauritania and Senegal, have decided to co-operate closely to combat smuggling and use of cocaine.

Cocaine shipped to West Africa by Latin American drug cartels is now being traded for arms, the UNODC Executive Director, Antonio Maria Costa, said during an anti-drug trafficking summit in Dakar, Senegal on Monday.

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UN: Cocaine being traded for arms in West Africa

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