AFRICA'S CONNECTION TO THE DRUG TRADE -- AFRICA'S CONNECTION TO THE DRUG TRADE -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: STATEMENT OF MICHAEL A. BRAUN, BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS - "CONFRONTING DRUG TRAFFICKING IN WEST AFRICA" -- WEST AFRICA ASSUMES AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE GLOBAL COCAINE TRADE -- STRATEGIC SECURITY THREATS THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED -- A FEW SUGGESTIONS TO HELP TURN THIS AROUND -- 'OUT OF AFRICA' -- Chapter 2: TESTIMONY OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY JOHNNIE CARSON, BUREAU OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS, BEFORE THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS - "CONFRONTING DRUG TRAFFICKING IN WEST AFRICA" -- A RAPIDLY GROWING PROBLEM -- DRUG-TRAFFICKING IN WEST AFRICA HARMS U.S. INTERESTS -- USG EFFORTS TO STOP THE DRUG FLOW AND OBSTACLES -- Chapter 3: TESTIMONY OF DOUGLAS FARAH, SENIOR FELLOW, INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGY CENTER, BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS - "CONFRONTING DRUG TRAFFICKING IN WEST AFRICA" -- End Notes -- Chapter 4: STATEMENT OF THOMAS M. HARRIGAN, ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR AND CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, DEA, U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE, BEFORE THE U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS, - "CONFRONTING DRUG TRAFFICKING IN WEST AFRICA" -- OVERVIEW -- DRUG THREATS IN AFRICA -- DEA'S STRATEGIC CONCEPT FOR AFRICA -- ONGOING DEA EFFORT TO COUNTER THE AFRICAN DRUG THREAT -- DEA INVESTIGATIVE SUCCESSES -- CAPACITY OF REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS AND IMPEDIMENTS TO SUCCESSFUL DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVES -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 5: TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM WECHSLER, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, OFFICE OF COUNTERNARCOTICS AND GLOBAL THREATS, BEFORE THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS, - "CONFRONTING DRUG TRAFFICKING IN WEST AFRICA".

Chapter 6: ILLEGAL DRUG TRADE IN AFRICA: TRENDS AND U.S. POLICY -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION: THE RISING DRUG TRAFFICKING THREAT -- IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. INTERESTS -- DRUG TRAFFICKING AND USE TRENDS IN AFRICA -- REGIONAL VULNERABILITIES -- ILLICIT DRUG USE TRENDS IN AFRICA -- U.S. POLICY -- DOD/AFRICOM -- MULTILATERAL AND REGIONAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT DRUG TRAFFICKING IN AFRICA -- CONGRESSIONAL ROLE AND POSSIBLE OVERSIGHT ISSUES -- APPENDIX. COCAINE SEIZURES AND AFRICAN MEMBERSHIP IN ILLICIT DRUG CONVENTIONS -- End Notes -- CHAPTER SOURCES -- INDEX.