Editor’s Note: Time to silence the guns, once and for all
Africa has lost much to conflict since the end of the Cold War. The result has been broken...
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Category: AIF Issue 52
Silencing the guns
Africa: fragile gains There’s been some progress towards ending wars on the continent, but 2020...
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Opaque and difficult to quantify
Light weapons: a roadmap Africa has made some innovative interventions to reduce illicit small...
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Africa and the ‘grey market’
Transnational brokering: a complex web Businesses and criminal syndicates have both violated...
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A legacy of bloodshed and corruption
The arms industry: fuelling conflict The world’s biggest arms fair, which turned 20 in 2019, is...
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Existential threats to humanity
Nuclear weapons: the African view African states argue that the total elimination of nuclear...
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A plague of greed and illegality
Small arms and light weapons: an African overview State fragility and political instability...
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A rapidly changing landscape of ever increasing threats
Cyber crime: It’s a war Cyber crime knows no boundaries and the perpetrators are constantly...
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How governments are ‘weaponising’ surveillance
Surveillance technology: used and abused African states have been deploying surveillance...
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The rhino rifle syndicates
Poaching: the big guns South Africa’s game reserves have been hard hit by an intensive campaign of...
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Gun trouble in the green city in the sun
Kenya: the arms race Kenyan authorities are grappling to answer the question of how large numbers...
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Caught in the crossfire
Kenya: Armed and dangerous Desperate and ruthless gangs find firearms widely available in...
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