Gun Policy News (Africa) http://www.gunpolicy.org en-au Copyright 2010 GunPolicy.org Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:47:46 +1000 www.gunpolicy.org/contactus.php http://www.gunpolicy.org/templates/gunpolicy/images/logo.gif Daily gun news, small arms policy and firearm death and injury prevention news. http://www.gunpolicy.org 60 West African States Now Need Regional Permission Before Importing Guns http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33209 Daily Graphic (Accra), via GunPolicy.org Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33209 Government Gave Guns to Uganda Politicians, Now Wants Them Disarmed http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33172 Monitor (Kampala), via GunPolicy.org Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33172 UN Urged to Take Decisive Action, Curb Gun Trafficking in Nigeria, Africa http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33171 Vanguard (Lagos), via GunPolicy.org Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33171 Over 76,000 Firearms Seized in Angola This Year, New Gun Laws Needed http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33170 Afrique en Ligne, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33170 Police Destroy Another 1500 Confiscated Small Arms in Tanzania http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33165 Citizen (Dar es Salaam), via GunPolicy.org Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33165 Public Gun Bonfire Destroys Another 4,000 Illegal Weapons in Tanzania http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33160 Citizen (Dar es Salaam), via GunPolicy.org Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33160 Police Take Guns Home, Then Thieves Steal Them for Nigerian Criminals http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33159 Vanguard (Lagos), via GunPolicy.org Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33159 Officers Told Not to Settle Personal Scores with Police Guns in Zimbabwe http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33147 Herald (Zimbabwe), via GunPolicy.org Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33147 Small Arms Trafficking Continues to Decrease Stability in Central Africa http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33103 Voice of America, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33103 Senator Alarmed at Proliferation of Guns in Nigerian State Election Race http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33145 Nigerian Tribune (Ibadan), via GunPolicy.org Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33145 Amnesty International Report Claims Kenya Abets Regional Gun Running http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33144 Standard (Nairobi), via GunPolicy.org Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33144 Egyptian Cop Gave Assault Rifle to Bus Driver Who Killed 8 Passengers http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33098 Daily News (Egypt), via GunPolicy.org Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33098 Six People Shot Dead on the Way to Work by Angry Egyptian Bus Driver http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33100 Xinhua, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33100 Cairo Bus Driver Shot Passengers with Assault Weapon Provided by Police http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33099 Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33099 Egyptian Bus Driver Kills 6 in Random Mass Shooting at Workplace http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33097 Al-Masry Al-Youm (Egypt), via GunPolicy.org Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33097 Nigerian Soldiers Capture Alleged Illegal Gun Dealers with 1,283 Firearms http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32958 Leadership (Nigeria), via GunPolicy.org Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32958 Great Lakes and Horn of Africa Nations Add Local Serial Numbers to Guns http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32962 Citizen (Dar es Salaam), via GunPolicy.org Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32962 South Africa Takes Fire for Gun Sales to Conflict Areas, Blacklisted Nations http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32947 Christian Science Monitor, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32947 Hundreds of Cops' Wives, Girlfriends Killed with South African Police Guns http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33005 Times (South Africa), via GunPolicy.org Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/33005 Israeli Gun Dealer Indicted in US, Smuggling Bosnian AK-47s to Somalia http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32903 Ha'aretz (Tel Aviv), via GunPolicy.org Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32903 Feds Nab Israeli, US Gun Runners Smuggling AK-47s, Bosnia to Somalia http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32902 Politico (Washington DC), via GunPolicy.org Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32902 Nigerian President Accuses Developed Nations of Dumping Guns in Africa http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32893 Agence France Presse, via GunPolicy.org Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32893 West Africa Threatened by Proliferation of Guns, Says Liberia to UN http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32892 Analyst (Liberia), via GunPolicy.org Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32892 Sierra Leone Approves Gun Control Bill, Plans Licensing and Registration http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32881 Awareness Times (Sierra Leone), via GunPolicy.org Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32881 Alleged Gun Runner Caught in Kenya on Regular Arms Smuggling Trip http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32878 Daily Nation (Nairobi), via GunPolicy.org Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32878 Angola Announces Seizure, Destruction of 74,495 Firearms In Past 2 Years http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32858 ReliefWeb / Government of Angola, Media release, via GunPolicy.org Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32858 Gun Owner Shoots Himself Dead After Killing Ex-girlfriend in South Africa http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32763 South African Press Association, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32763 Gun Victims Testify, East African Community Marks 12,000 Guns Destroyed http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32743 Citizen (Dar es Salaam), via GunPolicy.org Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32743 East African Community Day Ceremony Burns 2,600 Guns in Tanzania http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32724 Xinhua, via GunPolicy.org Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32724 World Pro Footballers Campaign for Permanent Gun Ban In South Africa http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32723 Independent (UK), via GunPolicy.org Sun, 23 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32723 Time to Rethink Karamoja Gun Seizure Policy, Register Guns Instead http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32709 Observer (Kampala), Editorial, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 19 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32709 Pirates, Submerged Cache of Guns & Ammo Hauled In by Kenya Police http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32708 Daily Nation (Nairobi), via GunPolicy.org Wed, 19 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32708 Former VIP Protection Cop Confesses to Shooting His Wife in Cape Town http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32707 Cape Argus (Cape Town), via GunPolicy.org Wed, 19 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32707 Owners of Unsafe Gun Ranges in South Africa Will Be 'Harshly Dealt With' http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32698 News24 (Cape Town) / SAPA, via GunPolicy.org Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32698 Critics Question Worth of Coercive Disarmament, Gun Seizure in Sudan http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32685 IRIN (UN News), via GunPolicy.org Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32685 Soldiers Deactivate, Destroy Machine Guns, Explosives, Ammo in Angola http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32688 Angola Press Agency (Luanda), via GunPolicy.org Sun, 16 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32688 Armed Robbers Target Bus Passengers, Smuggle Guns Into Kenyan Cities http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32687 Daily Nation (Nairobi), via GunPolicy.org Sun, 16 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32687 Soldiers Shoot, Kill Wives, Colleagues, Family in Tanzania Military Camps http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32686 Citizen (Dar es Salaam), via GunPolicy.org Sat, 15 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32686 Ghana Becoming Fertile Grounds For Arms Proliferation http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32684 Daily Mail (Accra) / GNA, via GunPolicy.org Sat, 15 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32684 Sierra Leone Civil Society Groups Promote Global Gun Trade Treaty http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32683 Awoko (Freetown), via GunPolicy.org Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32683 Ex-militants Surrender 20,000 Weapons in 'Faulty' Nigerian Gun Amnesty http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32670 Vanguard (Lagos), via GunPolicy.org Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32670 10yr-old Boy Kills 4yr-old in Playfight, Cops Quiz Dad Near Johannesburg http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32669 Telegraph (UK), via GunPolicy.org Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32669 West African NGO Launches Action Against Armed Violence in Senegal http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32657 Afrique en ligne, via GunPolicy.org Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32657 Ugandan Army Destroys Another 250 Tonnes of Guns, Ammunition http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32655 Monitor (Kampala), via GunPolicy.org Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32655 Demand to Buy, Licence Guns in Uganda 'Increasing Rapidly' - Minister http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32656 New Vision (Kampala), via GunPolicy.org Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32656 Two Gunmen Caught, 9 AK-47s Seized by Puntland Forces in Somalia http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32654 Garowe Online (Somalia), via GunPolicy.org Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32654 Kenya Police Promise Latest Gun Seizure Will Be Less Heavy-handed http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32634 IRIN (UN News), via GunPolicy.org Fri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/rss/go/32634