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West Africa Battles Gun Trafficking, Seeks Accurate Tally of Illicit Firearms
26 August 2009
Voice of America
DAKAR — West African countries are working to stem the flow of illegal weapons linked to years of conflict and illegal drug trafficking.
The Economic Community of West African States is working to reduce the number of illegal weapons in the region.
Mohamed Lamine Coulibaly heads the ECOWAS Small Arms Control Program. He says it is a problem linked to both good governance and poverty that is too broad for any individual country to tackle alone.
"We have to take... (GunPolicy.org)