If it was indeed al Shabaab that trained the Boko Haram militants, then Somalia has become a training center as well as a safe haven for radical Islamist groups. This new role means that al Shabaab is something more than simply an insurgent group; it is also an enabler in al Qaeda’s "far" war against the West and its allies.

AEI scholars analyze anti-malarial drug samples procured randomly from pharmacies in the largest city in Nigeria, the port of Lagos prior to and after the spectrometers were deployed.

With fakes of the cancer drug Avastin popping up in U.S. clinics in the past few months, patients are naturally worried about whether their medicines are safe.  Considering eighty percent of the ingredients in U.S. medicines come from overseas – mostly from China and India because their products are generally...

This month Nigeria celebrated the 50th anniversary of its independence from Britain, but it was not a happy occasion, as the nation is still marred by the fundamental problem of a lack of rights for local people.

An informal survey of doctors, pharmacists, health care workers in Lagos, Ondo, and Ogun, and a pilot quality assessment of essential drugs from Lagos pharmacies.

American Enterprise Institute (AEI) economist  Roger Bate shares his expertise on counterfeit drug networks that pose a growing threat to combating diseases like malaria.

The private sector can and should play an important role in public health, but it remains to be seen whether or not the benefits that have arisen from the AMFm could have been achieved through alternative mechanisms and potentially at lower cost.

While India is blamed for counterfeiting crucial drugs, a vast Chinese network behind the fakes is getting away.