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A deadly gun culture MASERU-POLICE say they have sprung into action as criminals seem to be thriving while the rest of the country reels from the troubles of the lockdown. One of the latest cases is that of former Labour Minister Lebesa Maloi, who lost his vehicle at gunpoint this week. Police spokesman Senior Superintendent Mpiti Mopeli said robbers hijacked Maloi’s white 4×4 Toyota twin-cab vehicle in Peka, Leribe district, on Tuesday. He did not provide further details of the case, but sa...

OSCE welcomes adoption of the BiH Strategy for Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons Format 2021-2024 BiH Strategy for Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) and its action plan by the BiH Council of Ministers. The Mission supported the BiH SALW Control Coordination Board in the development of the Strategy, recognizing effective arms control as vital to ensuring the safety and security of BiH citizens and the wider region. The Strategy is based on best international standards and prac...

Urban Peace-Building through Community-Based Initiatives to Control SALWs in Libya Peer-reviewed Journal Article Journal of Illicit Economies and Development 2(2): 99–103. Downloads ​In post-revolution Libya, the proliferation and trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) became pervasive due to the ongoing political and armed conflict that succeeded the fall of Qaddafi. The continuing state of insecurity and weakness of central state authorities has led local and community...

Government of Somalia, AMISOM unveil guidelines on the management of recovered weapons Format Mogadishu, February 23, 2021 – The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) on Wednesday, February 17, unveiled detailed guidelines and procedures for the management of stockpiles of seized weapons. The guidelines contained in a document titled, Harmonized AMISOM/FGS Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on the Management of Recovered Small Arms and Light W...

For the umpteenth time, Bandits visited their dastardly act this time on Government Science Secondary School, Kagara, Niger State, kidnapping 27 students and 15 others, killing one and leaving in their wake, blood, sorrow and tears as families have been left devastated. This was only the latest in a series of similar nasty incidents, in the North East and North Central parts of the country. Thankfully, the passengers who were kidnapped from Rafi Local Government, also in Niger State, a few days...

Briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic, Mankeur Ndiaye (S/2021/76) Format I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for giving me this opportunity to report on the latest major developments in the Central African Republic since the recent release of the final results of the 27 December presidential election by the Constitution...

Samuel A. Orovwuje canvasses a national dialogue on the security problem “If the misery of the poor be caused not by the law of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin” – Charles Darwin. Security is vital to our existential peace and personal fulfillment in life. The build-up of banditry, kidnapping and armed violence has put millions of Nigerians in a state of gloom and despondency. The Nigerian state continues to grapple with many development challenges and the fallout continu...

Babajimi Benson Udora Orizu writes that the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Defence, Hon. Babajimi Benson and his counterparts in security committees are set to screen the new service chiefs as requested by President Muhammadu Buhari With the continuous rise in kidnapping, banditry, terrorism, farmers/herders crisis in the country, both chambers of the National Assembly commenced legislative activities of the year 2021, addressing the deteriorating security situation of the coun...

Insecurity fuelling culture of self-help, says Gbajabiamila By Deji Elumoye and Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja The worsening insecurity in the country yesterday engaged the attention of the National Assembly, with the Senate urging President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd), the service chiefs, and the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, to rejig the nation’s security architecture for more effective counter measures to ta...

Punch Newspapers Sections Kayode Oyero The Senate, on Wednesday, asked security agencies in the country to deploy drones and helicopters in forests and other ungoverned spaces to identify illegal camps of armed bandits and crush the criminals. Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, made this known during plenary while reading the resolution of the upper chamber regarding the insecurity situation in the country. The Senate also asked state governors to implement the National Livestock Transformation Pla...