The Small Arms Survey Security Assessment in North Africa (SANA) Expert Briefings are a 5-part webinar series taking place (almost) every Tuesday from 11 May until 15 June 2021 at 2pm Geneva time. Each live webinar briefing features one of our SANA experts addressing contemporary security issues in North Africa and Sahel-Sahara region, and reflecting on the questions from the audience. The webinars will focus on security-related issues in North and West Africa, Chad, Morocco, Libya, and Burkina Faso.

Small Arms Survey event at Geneva Peace Week on 5 November 2019, co-organized by the Survey's Security Assessment in North Africa (SANA) and Gender Lens for Arms Control Support and Sustainability (GLASS) projects.

This webinar on weapons and explosives in North and West Africa was organized by the Survey's Security Assessment in North Africa (SANA) project. It is the first of a 5-part series of SANA Expert Briefings.

Small Arms Survey expert David Lochhead joins moderator Alaa Tartir (SANA Project Lead) for this discussion.The briefing was held on 11 May 2021 via Zoom.

In November 2019, the Small Arms Survey's Security Assessment in North Africa (SANA) project hosted a discussion on Libya; focusing on the ongoing conflict dynamics, the transformative nature and landscape of armed groups, and the future possibilities for the country and its people.

The year 2018 was characterized by a decrease in lethal violence in several of the world’s hotspots, primarily due to a significant de-escalation of the armed conflicts in Iraq, Myanmar, South Sudan, and Syria. The homicide rate also decreased marginally due to population growth outpacing the nominal increase in killings between 2017 and 2018.

Darfur’s fade-out from international headlines and Western interests over the past several years has fostered a false narrative that the conflict there is over, despite stark evidence to the contrary. Linked to this narrative, the paralysis of internal and international engagement on Darfur  has compelled Darfurians—civilians and combatants alike—to increase their outward mobility in search of safety and livelihood opportunities in neighbouring African countries or further afield into Europe.

The tri-border area between Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Mali has long been an important zone of commerce for West Africa, and a key transit route for the trade flowing between the Gulf of Guinea, the Sahara, Sahel, and Mediterranean.

Les institutions forensiques ont un rôle important à jouer dans les enquêtes criminelles, mais aussi, plus généralement, dans la lutte contre la prolifération des armes illicites. Mais elles ne peuvent le jouer que quand elles en ont les moyens. Cette réalité n’est pas toujours bien comprise, mais elle est prise en considération dans une note d’information portant sur les institutions forensiques guinéennes.

Southern Libya after the fall of Qaddafi has become synonymous with lawlessness. For centuries, the area has been home to a shifting sea of ethnic groups who see the border as an imposition but not a barrier. The Tubu (or Teda) are one such group, whose presence stretches across southern Libya, Chad, and Niger.