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Conflict Armament Research. 2022 ‘Smuggled Guns in Chad, Nigeria, and Niger.’ Weapon Supplies Fuelling Terrorism in the Lake Chad Crisis (1), pp. 1-75. London: Conflict Armament Research. 1 May

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This is the first in-depth international study of materiel seized or recovered from militants associated with Jama'atu Ahlis Sunnah Lidda'awati wal-Jihad (JAS, broadly referred to as Boko Haram) and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in southern Niger and the regions around Lake Chad.

(…) At least 32 of the documented weapons (17 per cent of the sample) were diverted from the national custody of three countries: Chad, Niger, and Nigeria. More than one-fifth (23 per cent) of the documented ammunition originated in the state stockpiles of Nigeria.

(…) The most recently produced weapon in the sample was manufactured in Bulgaria in 2015 and exported to Nigeria's Ministry of Defence that same year.

Nearly half of the documented weapons (79, or 43 per cent of the sample) were either manufactured in African countries (Algeria, Egypt, or South Africa) or exported to a country in North or West Africa (Chad, Libya, Morocco, Niger, or Nigeria). This indicates that a significant proportion of the equipment in illicit circulation throughout the region can be traced to African military production and activity.

ID: Q15891

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