Behind the catchy, if ambiguous headline 'Revealed: how Saharan caravans of cocaine help to fund al-Qaeda in terrorists' North African domain' is an article that draws together the allegations over drugs, Jihadists and others:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...an-domain.html

Leaving the Malian aspects for a moment, what is being done about this small, coastal state:
In Guinea Bissau, for example, the cartels' limitless funds have bought up so many police, politicians and soldiers that it has been dubbed Africa's first "narco-state", with a military coup last April blamed on in-fighting over drug trade proceeds.
Citing the UNODC regional rep:
Mr Lapaque cautions that hard proof of al-Qaeda's role in the cocaine trade is, by definition, difficult to come by.