Weapons Cutting in Burkina Faso
As part of the 'Regional assistance to Arms Management and Destruction in Sahel-West Africa', MAG conducted a technical assessment to identify the needs in weapons and ammunition destruction (approximately 6,000 weapons and 300,000 small arms ammunition) and the design of existing weapons cutting facilities to be rehabilitated in September. MAG has also purchased two cutting machines and will provide training for 10 personnel. Two incinerators were also installed for the destruction of small arms ammunition (SAA) in anticipation of the 3-day training to take place at the end of September.
The 'Arms Management and Destruction Programme for Sahel-West Africa' is a regional project co-funded by the US Department of State's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement and the German Federal Foreign Office. MAG is working with states in the Sahel and West Africa to identify areas for assistance and improve management of nationally held weapons and ammunition, with the aim of reducing the risk of diversion of items to the illicit market as well as the risk of unplanned explosions in munitions depots. The project aims to contribute to security in the region by equipping states in the Sahel and West Africa with the infrastructure and training to tackle the challenge of conventional arms proliferation in the long term.
Armoury Construction- Burkina Faso
01/03/2015 - 30/09/2015
Djadranka Gillesen, MAG Regional Representative
M (UK): +44 7818 410483
M (Senegal): +221 77 205 8131
E: djadranka.gillesen@maginternational.org