Abstract

There has been a rising trend of insecurity and conflict dimensions in the West African region beginning from 2010. This has sparked concerns that such threats could derail hard-won economic gains and undermine future development in the region. This study employed a desk-review research approach with the reports and evaluations obtained from secondary sources of data analyzed through content analysis. This study found that even though drug trafficking is linked to security threats and conflict dimensions like terrorism, arms trafficking, money laundering, human trafficking, small arms and light weapons, drug-funded violence and other transnational criminal activities, the countries under comparison however share some differences and common feature of multiple layers of insecurity associated with conflicts and crime. The study therefore recommend that the Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Conakry and Nigeria respectively should step up strategies that focuses on human security provisioning as a baseline for tacking insecurities generated by the drug trade.

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