Saturday, 22.10.2011 - Lome, Togo

Expert Meeting on SALW Flow in the Ghana-Togo-Benin-Nigeria Corridor

In preparation of a research project on "Small Arms & Light Weapons (SALW) trafficking in West Africa: Illicit routes & cache of arms between Ghana, Togo, Benin & Nigeria", jointly commissioned by FES and the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC), researchers from the respective countries met in Lomé, Togo for a pre-field meeting to discuss the scope of the challenge and the methodological approach. The field phase of the study has started.

In preparation of a research project on "Small Arms & Light Weapons (SALW) trafficking in West Africa: Illicit routes & cache of arms between Ghana, Togo, Benin & Nigeria", jointly commissioned by FES and the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC), researchers from the respective countries met in Lomé, Togo for a pre-field meeting to discuss the scope of the challenge and the methodological approach. The field phase of the study has started.

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