The use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in West Africa expanded dramatically over the last decade. IED-building networks have established material and training links across conflict areas in...
Burkina Faso + 10 more
Burkina Faso + 10 more
The use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in West Africa expanded dramatically over the last decade. IED-building networks have established material and training links across conflict areas in...
World + 8 more
Issue Brief 4 Introduction Weapons tracing is a set of methods used to identify weapons and ammunition and track their origins. It has an established role in criminal investigations, where it is...
Nigeria + 13 more
Introduction The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and its 15 members (1) have long understood the destabilizing and deleterious effects of small arms and light weapons (2) on the...
Mali + 11 more
The 410-page book provides detailed information on more than 35 armed groups that have destabilized the 15 ECOWAS member states since 1998, and explores important related themes through 6 field-based...