Armed and Aimless: Armed Groups, Guns, and Human Security in the ECOWAS Region

By
Nicolas Florquin and Eric G. Berman
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Armed and Aimless: Armed Groups, Guns, and Human Security in the ECOWAS Region provides detailed information on more than 35 armed groups that have destabilized the 15 ECOWAS member states since 1998, and explores important related themes through 6 field-based case study chapters, including:

  • Armed Groups and Conflict in Rivers and Plateau States, Nigeria
  • Insurgency, Disarmament, and Insecurity in Northern Mali, 1990–2004
  • The Anatomy of Ghana’s Secret Arms Industry
  • Disarming Liberia: Progress and Pitfalls
  • The Militarization and Demilitarization of Refugee Camps in Guinea
  • Children Associated with Fighting Forces and Small Arms in the Mano River Union

Also available in FRENCH.