Weapons Cutting Training and Rehabilitation of Cutting Facility in Niger
As part of the 'Regional Assistance to Arms Management and Destruction in Sahel-West Africa', MAG coordinated with Handicap International to rehabilitate a weapons cutting facility. The facility was equipped with hydraulic shears and IT equipment to record weapons after they have been cut. After receiving training on weapons cutting, the personnel commenced weapons cutting activities at the end of January and destroyed 1,042 weapons.
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.
Weapons/ Ammunition Destruction in Niger
01/01/2015 - 31/05/2015
Armoury Construction in Niger
01/01/2015 - 31/07/2015
Weapons/Ammunition Workshop- Niger
01/03/2015 - 01/03/2015
Djadranka Gillesen, MAG Regional Representative
M (UK): +44 7818 410483
M (Senegal): +221 77 205 8131
E: djadranka.gillesen@maginternational.org