West Africa: Ecowas Moves to Stop Arms Proliferation, Terrorist Financing

22 November 2017

Abuja — Small arms proliferation and terrorist financing top the agenda as critical stakeholders of ECOWAS member-states converge on Abuja on December 7, 2017.

This is coming against the backdrop of terrorism-related violence, illegal proliferation of small Arms and light weapons, which have continued to assume a most dangerous dimension and a nightmarish proportion across the sub-region.

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