STOCKHOLM - SIPRI has published a publication that uses UN reports on arms embargoes to explore data on small arms and light weapons diversion in sub-Saharan Africa.
This SIPRI Policy Report synthesizes the data on small arms and light weapons (SALW) diversion from the United Nations Panel of Experts reports on the five UN arms embargoes in place in sub-Saharan Africa in 2022—on the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan (Darfur region). The report provides a typology on the sources of illicit SALW in the states and regions under embargo and discusses the challenges of enforcing arms embargoes and possible policy solutions to address the various sources of illicit SALW in order to inform and support efforts to combat the proliferation of illicit arms.
About the authors
Dr Andrea Edoardo Varisco (Italy/United Kingdom) is an Associate Senior Researcher at SIPRI.
Pieter D. Wezeman (Netherlands/Sweden) is a Senior Researcher with the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme.
Alexandra Kuimova (Russia) is a Researcher with the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme.
To download the report, visit: https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/salw_ssa_2.pdf
