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[Project] Training in small arms control in South Sudan

• Sudan has suffered from conflict and war for more than 50 years. In January 2005, a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed, formally putting to an end the civil war between the North (Government of Sudan-GOS) and the South (Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement-SPLA/M). While the CPA aims at establishing peace and stability in Sudan, the security situation in the South remains fragile. One reason is the presence of small arms and light weapons (SALW) which are widespread in the region....

[Event] Webinar Series on “Exchange on DDR (-related) Processes Among National-level Practitioners: Fostering Peer Support and South–South Cooperation and Learning”

• Since October 2022, BICC, together with the African Union, the UN Department of Peace Operations (DPO) and the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) has been organising a webinar series on “Exchange on Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) (-related) Processes Among National-level Practitioners: Fostering Peer Support and South–South Cooperation and Learning”, in which national DDR commissions and focal points meet every two months to exchange ideas on DDR-...

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[Project] How African NSAGs use drones

• The project asks how the military use of drones changes the way how non-state armed groups (NSAGs) in Africa, like al-Shabaab or ISWAP (Islamic State West Africa Province) fight. In particular, the project examines whether the availability of drones makes the warfare of selected African NSAGs more “liquid” (focused on the destruction of enemy networks), or more “solid” (focused on the control of territory).  Given the aspirations of many NSAGs for political domination and thus territorial c...

[Project] How African NSAGs use drones

• The project asks how the military use of drones changes the way how non-state armed groups (NSAGs) in Africa, like al-Shabaab or ISWAP (Islamic State West Africa Province) fight. In particular, the project examines whether the availability of drones makes the warfare of selected African NSAGs more “liquid” (focused on the destruction of enemy networks), or more “solid” (focused on the control of territory).  Given the aspirations of many NSAGs for political domination and thus territorial c...

[Project] Socio-economic repercussions of Chinese oil investments in South Sudan

• The BICC research project “Socio-economic repercussions of Chinese oil investments in South Sudan”, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ), analyzes the consequences of oil production at the local level in Melut County, Upper Nile State. During a four-week field research, two BICC researchers studied the community development projects of the oil consortium Petrodar Operational Company PDOC—of which Chinese and Malaysian parastatals hold the ...

[Event] UN General Assembly side event \ Countering Illicit Weapons and Ammunition Trafficking in Africa

• BICC together with the AU, ECOWAS, RECSA, and the German Federal Foreign Office invited to a joint side event at the 64th Session of the UN General Assembly First Committee on 23 October in New York.
• It has long been recognised that countering the illicit trade in small arms requires regional  action. The 2001 UN Programme of Action highlighted the role of regional organisations in  small arms and light weapons (SALW) control, calling on states to take action at the national,  regional and global levels. Regional Economic Communities and regional bodies are an integral part of the  African Union’s Silencing the Guns Plan of Action (STG-PoA). “The African Union’s plan aims...

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