Regional Centre on Small Arms – Cooperating to Disarm

RECSA’s VISION

A safe and secure sub-region in a peaceful continent free from arms proliferation.

Country-wide campaigns for voluntary hand-over of small arms and ammunition in Burkina Faso

This activity targeted specific regions of Burkina Faso (Gaoua, Zinaré ,Banfora). Overall 454 small arms were collected, securely stored and prepared for destruction in September-May 2021

Country-wide campaigns for voluntary hand-over of small arms and ammunition to designated sites (District Police Commissions, Central Commissions and Regional Gendarmerie) in Burkina Faso

This workshop was conducted in all targeted regions of Burkina Faso (Gaoua, Ziniaré, Banfora) on 13-15 October 2020

Seminar on information sharing and awareness raising for law enforcement agencies and artisanal arms producers in Burkina Faso

The national small arms commission (CNLPAL) conducted a capacity-building workshop on 6th and 7th October on the linkages between gender and SALW in Ouagadougou launched by the Minister of Women, as well as the Minister of African Integration and was attended by Representatives of ECOWAS, the AU, Japan, and UNODA.