The first Africa Regional Police Chiefs' Organizations Meeting on the project "The Fight against the Illicit Accumulation and Trafficking of Firearms and explosive materials in Africa" was held in Kigali Rwanda from 26th to 27th May 2011.
The meeting brought together delegates representing Police Chiefs from EAPCCO, CAPCCO, SARPCCO, WAPCCO and ECOWAS including the host country, Rwanda. In attendance were also representatives from the AU, EU, Interpol and RECSA....Read More
2011 Executive Visits to Member States
The Executive Secretary and the Deputy Executive Secretary are undertaking a series of visits to the Member States to brief Ministers in charge of security on the progress of the implementation of the Nairobi Protocol in the region. Also on the agenda are discussions on the outcome of the 7th TAC meeting and the upcoming 6th Council of ministers meeting scheduled to take place in Djibouti.
Burundi's 1st Vice President, Monsieur Therence SINUNGURUZA (right), in talks with RECSA's Dr Francis Sang during a visit to Burundi
Bilateral Discussions on MANPADS and Brokering
RECSA is running a number of national discussions on Man-Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS) and brokering of small arms in a number of its Member States.
MANPADS, commonly described as shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, are short-range surface-to-air weapons designed to be fired by an operator on the ground. The failed attack on an Israeli airliner in Mombasa, Kenya in 2002, and successful attacks on international aviation elsewhere over the years illustrate the danger posed by the proliferation of illegal MANPADS and the need to control these weapons.
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The Commissioner of Police, Mr Mathew Iteere, shares a word with participants at the Kenya meeting on MANPADS and Brokering
Small arms project regional meet
RECSA, in collaboration with SADC, hosted a regional seminar for the Southern Africa region under the three-year RECSA EU-funded small arms project. The meeting held on 14th and 15th March in Windhoek, Namibia brought together representatives from SADC, SARPCCO, members of parliament, civil society, police, Interpol, among others. Participants reviewed the activities under the project and prioritized areas of intervention for security services, parliamentarians and civil society in the SADC region. This was the fourth regional seminar to be held under the EU-funded small arms project. Similar seminars were held in the RECSA, ECOWAS and ECCAS regions.
RECSA TAC Holds its 7th Ordinary
Sitting
The RECSA Technical Advisory Committee
(TAC) held its 7th Ordinary meeting
in Djibouti on 13th and 14th February.
The meeting considered reports from
the Planning and Operations, Human Resource,
and Finance and Audit sub-committees
that met prior to the TAC meeting. The
sub-committees considered issues arising
from key documents presented by RECSA
before submitting reports to the TAC
meeting. The documents will be forwarded
to the Council of Ministers (COM) by
TAC for approval. COM is expected to
sit in May in Djibouti.
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EU
Project Consolidation Seminar
The RECSA managed trans-regional project
entered its second year of implementation
with the holding of a regional meeting
at the African Union Complex in Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia. The aim of the meeting
was to consolidate priorities identified
by Regional Economic Commissions (ECOWAS
and ECCAS) and RECSA partners in regional
seminars held in the first year.
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RECSA
signs Funding Agreement for Small arms
Work with European Union
The European Union is providing a grant of
EUR 500,000 to the Regional Centre on
Small Arms (RECSA) to coordinate a project
aimed at enhancing the role of civil
society and national efforts in the
prevention, control and reduction of
illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons
(SALW). This grant is in addition to the
EUR 3.3 million provided to RECSA in March
2010 for the 1st Pan-African
Project on SALW funded by the European
Union, aimed at supporting the Africa-EU
strategic partnership in the fight against
illicit accumulation and trafficking of
firearms and explosive materials.
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Ethiopia Arms Destruction
A
team comprising Federal Police of Ethiopia
and two RECSA officials undertook an
small arms assessment mission to three
sites, namely Federal Police armoury
in Addis; Kolfe (Crime Prevention Department);
and Akaki main Prison between 23rd and
28th August, 2010. The main objective
of the mission was to determine the
stockpile destruction requirements and
options and the general infrastructure
required for the exercise.
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Police
officers sort out ammunition earmarked
for destruction in Ethiopia
ECOWAS
Regional Seminar on AU-EU Small Arms
Project
RECSA,
in collaboration with ECOWAS, hosted
a regional seminar for the West African
sub-region under the Africa Union-EU
small arms project. The meeting held
on 6th and 7th September in Accra, Ghana
brought together representatives from
the African Union, the UN, ECOWAS Parliament,
Security Services, and Ghana National
Commission on Small Arms and the West
African Action Network on Small Arms
(WAANSA). Participants reviewed the
activities under the project and prioritized
areas of intervention for security services,
parliamentarians and civil society in
the ECOWAS region. This was the second
regional seminar to be held under the
AU-EU small arms project that is to
run for three years. Similar seminars
are to be held in the Southern and Central
regions to enable these regions to prioritize
interventions in the area of small arms
to be funded under the project.
Group
photo of workshop participants at the
opening of the ECOWAS regional seminar
on the AU-EU Small Arms Project
