East Africa becomes world’s leading illicit arms market as conflict and terrorism peak
Save for Tanzania, all the other countries in East Africa – especially those closer to the Indian Ocean – had an index of 7+ in illicit arms trafficking with the Somalia, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan and Eritrea at the summit. The high incidence, the report says, is related to internecine civil strife that make it difficult to enforce domestic laws or police the countries with the help of international law.
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