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African Great Lakes Nations Brand State Guns to Detect Theft, Diversion
18 August 2008
Daily Monitor (Kampala)
KAMPALA — Countries in the Great Lakes region have been given up to December 30 to brand all light and small weapons in their possession as a means of checking on soaring proliferation of illegal guns.
The Executive Director of the Regional Center for Small Arms-Nairobi Chapter, Dr Francis Sang, who was yesterday addressing a three-day conference on small arms and light weapons in Kampala, urged regional member states to observe the deadline.
"We expect all member... (GunPolicy.org)