Arms trafficking from Libya to Niger is back in business2022-07-28Arms and ammunition seizures by security forces in Niger’s Agadez and Tahoua regions between January 2021 and February 2022 helped dismantle trafficking networks in the country. Is arms trafficking from Libya to countries in the south on the rise again? After the fall of Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, southward arms flows from Libya rose significantly. A solution to Libya’s current crisis could increase arms trafficking, as local demand decreasesThe new arms flows from Libya aren’t as substantial as those preceding the country’s second civil war, which ended with a ceasefire in October 2020. Niger’s responses to arms trafficking must be strengthened to address this risk.

Source: Libya Today July 28, 2022 08:44 UTC