The goal of silencing the guns in Africa this decade is being challenged by climate change, terrorism, coups and the continent's history. Edith M. Lederer. Friday 31 March 2023 04:07 BST.

Almost seven years after Sierra Leone’s then-President Ernest Bai Koroma unveiled the African Union’s Silencing the Guns initiative, which sought to end violent conflict on the continent by ...

“The average gun-related death rate in Africa is 3.8 per 100 000 (2011-2016 – the most recent available data). SA’s gun-related death rate is 19 per 100 000 based on gun-related murders for ...

There are more than 2.7 million legal gun owners in South Africa, according to a 2021 survey by Gun Free South Africa (GFSA) - roughly 8% of the adult population.

The goal of silencing the guns in Africa this decade is being challenged by climate change, terrorism, coups and the continent’s history, the head of the African Union initiative told the U.N ...

There are more than 2.7 million legal gun owners in South Africa, according to a 2021 survey by Gun Free South Africa (GFSA) - roughly 8% of the adult population.

Climate, coups risk African goal of silencing guns by 2030 By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press. Thursday, March 30, 2023 | 10:53 p.m.

The goal of silencing the guns in Africa this decade is being challenged by climate change, terrorism, coups and the continent’s history, the head of the African Union initiative told the U.N ...