Book Series

Designed to complement the annual Small Arms Survey and the periodical papers, our book series presents the findings of larger research projects. PDFs are available here.
 
 

'Primed and Purposeful':
Armed Groups and
Human Security Efforts
in the Philippines

'The Politics of Destroying
Surplus Small Arms':
Inconspicuous Disarmament

'Insecurity Is Also a War':
An Assessment of Armed
Violence in Burundi

Security and Post-Conflict
Reconstruction:
Dealing with fighters in
the aftermath of war

The Central African Republic
and Small Arms:
A Regional Tinderbox

Ammunition Tracing Kit:
Protocols and procedures
for recording small-calibre
ammunition

Afghanistan, Arms and
Conflict: Armed groups,
disarmament and security
in a post-war society

Conventional Ammunition
in Surplus: A Reference
Guide

No Refuge: The Crisis
of Refugee Militarization
in Africa

Targeting Ammunition:
A Primer

Armed and Aimless:
Armed Groups, Guns,
and Human Security in
the ECOWAS Region

Armés mais désoeuvrés:
Group armés, armes légères
et sécurité humaine dans
la région de la Cedeao

Armed and Aimless: Armed Groups, Guns, and Human Security in the ECOWAS Region
edited by Nicolas Florquin and Eric G. Berman, May 2005

Full report in English Pdf 13.3 MB

Full report in French Pdf 4.6 MB


Preliminary pages Pdf 228 kB

• Table of contents
• Foreword by Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas
• About the authors
• Acknowledgements

Introduction Pdf 212 kB

Part I: Thematic Chapters

Chapter 1 Pdf 1 MB
by Shedrack Gaya Best and Dimieari Von Kemedi
Armed Groups and Conflict in Rivers and Plateau States, Nigeria

Chapter 2 Pdf 992 kB
by Nicolas Florquin and Stéphanie Pézard
Insurgency, Disarmament, and Insecurity in Northern Mali, 1990-2004

Chapter 3 Pdf 980 kB
by Emmanuel Kwesi Aning
The Anatomy of Ghana's Secret Arms Industry

Chapter 4 Pdf 2.4 MB
by Ryan Nichols
Disarming Liberia: Progress and Pitfalls

Chapter 5 Pdf 1.3 MB
by James Milner
The Militarization and Demilitarization of Refugee Camps in Guinea

Chapter 6 Pdf 1.1 MB
by Christina Wille
Children Associated with Fighting Forces (CAFF) and Small Arms in the Mano River Union (MRU)

Annexes: Reporting Form A Pdf, Reporting Form B Pdf, Silhouettes Pdf

Part II: Armed Groups and Small Arms in ECOWAS Member States (1998-2004)
by Eric G. Berman and Nicolas Florquin

Benin Pdf 260 kB

Burkina Faso Pdf 816 kB

Cape Verde Pdf 144 kB

Côte d'Ivoire Pdf 1 MB

• Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire (MPCI)
• Ivorian Popular Movement for the Greater West (MPIGO)
• Movement for Justice and Peace (MJP)
• Forces nouvelles
• Group of Patriots for Peace (GPP/CPP/FLN)
• Front for the Security of the Centre-West (FSCO)
• Front for the Liberation of the Great West (FLGO)
• "Young Patriots" (FESCI/UPLTCI/COJEP)
• Liberian mercenaries (Lima/MODEL)

Gambia Pdf 264 kB

• Green Boys

Ghana Pdf 528 kB

Guinea Pdf 616 kB

• Guinean dissidents/Movement of the Democratic Forces of Guinea (RFDG)
• Young Volunteers

Guinea-Bissau Pdf 392 kB

• Military junta/Mané followers

Liberia Pdf 436 kB

• Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD)
• Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL)
• Former Government of Liberia (GoL) militias

Mali Pdf 392 kB

Niger Pdf 332 kB

• Tuareg and Toubou rebel groups
• Arab and Peulh self-defence militias

Nigeria Pdf 784 kB

• O'odua People's Congress (OPC)
• Arewa People's Congress (APC)
• Onitsha Traders Association (OTA)
• Bakassi Boys (AVS/AVS/IVS/ASMATA Boys)
• Federated Niger Delta Ijaw Communities (FNDIC)
• Egbesu Boys of Africa (EBA)
• Niger Delta Volunteer Force (NDVF)
• Niger Delta Vigilante (NDV)
• Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF)
• Hisbah groups
• Zamfara State Vigilante Service (ZSVS)
• Al-Sunna Wal Jamma (Followers of the Prophet) (also known as 'Taleban')

Senegal Pdf 316 kB

• Movement of the Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC)

Sierra Leone Pdf 328 kB

• Revolutionary United Front (RUF)
• Civil Defence Force (CDF)
• Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC)
• West Side Boys (WSB)

Togo Pdf 196 kB

Conclusion Pdf 204 kB
by Eric G. Berman and Nicolas Florquin