Arms Trafficking in Nigeria and its Implications for Peace and Security in the West Africa Sub-region since 1900

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dc.contributor.authorAfolabi, A.S
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-21T19:50:39Z
dc.date.available2023-05-21T19:50:39Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe movement of arms across the world, the threat to security, stability and development, the existence of militant groups, organised criminal gangs and the nexus between them are not new phenomena. It was however not until a few years after the 9/11 attack in the United States that the question of susceptibility of Nigeria and the West African sub-region began to take the centre stage in policy and academic debates. This article examines the implications of trans-border arms trafficking on the socioeconomic development of Nigeria as a country, and the West African sub-region. It argues that trans-border arms trafficking is growing in scale and momentum without a corresponding and clearly coordinated strategy for dealing with this hydra-headed monster, which significantly affects the economy of Nigeria in particular and West African sub-region in general. This growing trend, if uncontrolled, has the potential of undermining and fueling insecurity across the region, which consequently has the likelihood of affecting the join security, stability, economies and core democratic values of the region. The paper concludes that the extent and magnitude of the problem require a definitive strategy within the broad frame of the sub-region.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/10542
dc.subjectPeace, Security, Nigeria, Arms, Trafficking, West-Arican Sub-regionen_US
dc.titleArms Trafficking in Nigeria and its Implications for Peace and Security in the West Africa Sub-region since 1900en_US

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