In Timileyin Omilana’s October, 26, 2020, article “How proliferation of small arms is enhancing violence in Nigeria, says report” published in The Guardian Nigeria News, he notes the Africa Faith and Justice Network’s (AFJN) position that “the persistence and the complication of wars in Africa are partially due to small arms proliferation.” Read the full article here.
The story was also mentioned in the following media/wires:
- TheNewWatcher here
- Bioreports here
- Nigeria News Headlines Today here
- Best Naira News here
- NewsCenter here
- RudeBees here
- EIN Agriculture Industry Today here
To learn more about the work of AFJN on small arms proliferation read our 2009 article “Impact of Small Arms Proliferation on Africa.”
To learn about AFJN’s past work on US-Africa militarization policy, in particular our work against AFRICOM (U.S. Africa Command), click here.