ADF STAFF African security officials are joining the global effort to end the flow of illicit small arms and light…
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ADF STAFF Nine crew members aboard a chemical tanker headed from Côte d’Ivoire to Cameroon were abducted by pirates in…
ADF STAFF More than a decade of violent conflicts in the Sahel has given rise to the thriving business of…
ADF STAFF Plans to hold a national election in Libya have sputtered for years. Abdulaye Bathily, the United Nations envoy to…
CYRUS OMBATI, THE STAR Kenya has nearly fulfilled one of its commitments to regional and international treaties on arms control…
ADF STAFF The 2023 ENACT Organized Crime Index for Africa explicitly links armed conflict and a lack of democratic institutions…
ADF STAFF Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s three-country tour of Africa in mid-July marked the first time the controversial country’s president…
ADF STAFF Political instability, disputes between farmers and herders, unemployment, ethnic divisions, and the rise of extremist organizations are among…
ADF STAFF The Nigeria Customs Service in mid-July seized 31 weapons, including pump action rifles, various pistols and 442 rounds…
ADF STAFF Decades of warfare, corruption and ethnic conflict have left West Africa awash in small arms that continue to…