The west africa sahel connection mapping crossborder arms trafficking. The small arms survey is an independent research project located at the graduate institute of international and development studies in geneva, switzerland. In 2015, when the united nations resolved to achieve the sustainable development goals sdgs, member states agreed to work towards creating. Weapons and the world examines the role of weapons and armed violence in humanitys appropriation of the earths wildlife and mineral richesin africa, where the poaching of elephants and rhinos is becoming increasingly militarized, and near resource extraction sites around the world. Eight of these are highincome countries, listed among the top 25 in the human development index world bank, n. The small arms survey is recognized as the principal international source of. Cambridge university press university printing house, cambridge cb2 8bs, united kingdom cambridge university press is part of the university of cambridge. Arms, the international community still lacks suffi cient tools to determine what policies actually work to prevent trafficking in firearms and where trafficking is increasing or decreasing.
This map shows how iranian weaponry is making sudan one of. Report of the pilot survey on small arms and arm violence in benue state submitted to presidential committee on small arms and light weapons prescom and centre for population and environmental. Map, trend and bar charts for several key armed violence indicators. The small arms survey recor ds the ml1 value in the table. Weapons and the world examines the role of weapons and armed violence in humanitys appropriation of the earths wildlife and. Major clashes and areas of control, upper nile state, april 2015 major clashes januarymarch 2015 countytown under spla control, april 2015 county under splaio control, april 2015 contested county, april 2015 presence of ethnic militia within the county refugee camp oil field and pipeline nominal international border international boundary state boundary. This map shows how iranian weaponry is making sudan one of africas most violent hotspots. Genevaauthorized small arms imports to southeast asia were worth at least usd 443 million in 2016, a 48 per cent increase from 2015, as revealed by the small arms survey. The small arms survey 2015 examines the role of weapons and armed violence in humanitys appropria tion of the earths wildlife and mineral richesin africa, where the poaching of elephants and rhinos is becoming increasingly militarized, and near resource extraction sites around the world. Update on abyei describing events through 9 april 2015. The small arms survey 2015 examines the role of weapons and armed violence in humanitys. The small arms survey is a global centre of excellence whose mandate is to.