Lomé, 6 November 2025: The National Authority for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (ANIAC-TOGO), in collaboration with the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC), held a strategic capacity-building…
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Bujumbura, 25 November 2025 In response to the security challenges posed by the illicit proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW) in the Great Lakes region, Burundi continues to strengthen its national…
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Accra, 14 August 2025: The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) concluded a strategic assessment mission to Ghana The mission aimed to evaluate the status of the “Saving…
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West African countries joined forces to advance gender-responsive arms control at a Regional Strategic Workshop held from 6–7 August 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria. Co-organized by UNREC and ECOWAS, the workshop aimed to raise…
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On 3–4 September 2025, UNREC and SADC co-hosted a Regional Strategic Workshop in Johannesburg on gender mainstreaming in small arms control in Southern Africa. The workshop aimed to: (i) build Member States’ capacity…
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On 29–30 August 2025, UNREC opened the High-Level Technical Consultative Meeting towards a robust regulatory framework on small arms in Ada, Ghana. Led by the West Africa Action Network on Small Arms…
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Building Africa’s Next Generation of SALW Practitioners: Nineteen Fellows Complete First UNODA Fellowship for Africa Nineteen practitioners from sixteen African countries completed the inaugural UNODA African Fellowship on Small Arms and Light Weapons…
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The Workshop on the National Action Plan featured remarks by the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Interior, the UNRC, the Chairman of ComNat and Dr Jiaming Miao of UNREC.
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As part of the MOSAIC Assessment Mission in the Gambia,Read more
