Nairobi, KENYA: Kenyan police officers load part of 1.2 tonnes of cocaine before it is incinerated 31 March 2006 in Nairobi. Kenyan authorities destroyed about 1.2 tonnes of cocaine seized in 2004, a record haul that had become the subject of corruption and evidence-tampering allegations. AFP PHOTO/TONY KARUMBA (Photo credit should read TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images)

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration says Guinea-Bissau is becoming what it calls a Narco state.

It accuses Latin American drug traffickers of bribing state officials to let cocaine destined for Europe transit through the country, and into the Sahel region where armed groups use the drugs to fund their fighting.

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Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports from the capital, Bissau.

 

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