The Rwanda National Police has called upon the people to hand in illegal arms which they say that are the reason for the various blasts around the country. According to police, the liberation war and genocide against the Tutsi in 1994 left grenades, unexploded ordnances (UXO's) and other small arms on the surface of Rwanda. "These undetonated UXO's and recent series of grenade blasts across the country that have claimed innocent lives including children who played... (GunPolicy.org)

AWKA — The Anambra State branch of Importers Association of Nigeria and the National Task Force against illegal importation of firearms and ammunition said yesterday that they had intercepted a trailer load of dangerous arms and ammunition in the commercial city of Onitsha. Briefing newmen, Chairman of the Association, Chief Emma Nwosu, said the weapons had been handed over to the police, explaining that in view of the development, the association was re-strategizing... (GunPolicy.org)

[Translated summary: Venezuela Vice Minister of Public Safety said that they have seized and destroyed about 270,000 illegal firearms between 2003 and 2012.] Edwin Rojas, viceministro de Seguridad Ciudadana, destacó este jueves que se han incautado y destruido unas 270 mil armas de fuego, desde el año 2003 al 2012, que estaban en manos criminales. "Se tiene un registro de las armas de los respectivos cuerpos policiales y se están serializando las municiones, por... (GunPolicy.org)