Arms Trade, Blog, News

West African countries take action in local Arms Trade Treaty
At a convention in Abuja 15 state representatives from ECOWAS met to discuss the implementation of an Arms Trade Treaty at a national level. Read the full text here.

The father of the AK 47 becomes 90
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the Kalashnikov turned 90. While the Russian state calls him a hero, he states “I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use and that would help farmers with their work - for example a lawnmower.” Read the full article here.

Take care of your weapons
A report by Missile Watch shows weapons belonging by the state of Columbia but that are used by criminals.

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West Africa takes action on small arms
Read Aisha Umar’s article on how West African countries start to take action against small arms.
Troy Industries’ deadly big business
The UNO started to go for an Arms Trade Treaty. To get a clue on who will be against any kind off Arms Trade Treaty take a look at Troy [...]

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