The Minister for Interior Ambrose Dery has charged board members of the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons, to generate innovative ways to curb the frightening rate of small arms...
More than 70 years after the world witnessed the devastating power of nuclear weapons, a global treaty has been approved to ban the bombs, a move that supporters hope will lead to the eventual...
A global treaty banning nuclear weapons is set to be adopted at the United Nations on Friday despite opposition from the United States, Britain, France and other nuclear powers that boycotted...
Government is creating a national database of small arms and light weapons in an effort to curb their proliferation in the country and in the sub-region. Additionally, government is also taking...
Government will ensure that mob justice is thoroughly and impartially investigated, the perpetrators arrested and put before the courts in a timely manner, Deputy Minister of Interior, Mr Henry...
The United States on Tuesday urged the divided UN Security Council to back an arms embargo and sanctions against South Sudan after the UN envoy reported that the war there is worsening. US Ambassador...
The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons, has recommended a stronger collaboration between citizens and security agencies to halt the illicit flow of small arms in the country....
Israeli military exports surged last year to $6.5 billion, a rise of 14 percent buoyed by increased defence budgets, the government said Wednesday. Total deals rose $800 million compared with 2015,...
More than 100 countries are set to launch the first UN talks on a global nuclear weapons ban on Monday over objections from the major nuclear powers. Some 123 UN members announced in October that...
Worldwide arms trade has risen to its highest level since the Cold War in the last five years, driven by a demand from the Middle East and Asia, a study said Monday. Between 2012-2016, arms imports...
The Ghana National Commission on Small Arms in collaboration with the National Commission for Civic Education(NCCE) has organized a one-day sensitization forum with political parties and residents of...
Ghana has told the United Nations that the proliferation and abuse of conventional weapons, particularly Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) and their ammunition continue to undermine world peace and...
Ghana today (October 4, 2016) expressed support for a United Nations General Assembly conference to discuss a universal and legally binding instrument that will prohibit the use of nuclear weapons...
Government has retrieved over 850 guns from the illicit weapon market, Small Arms Commission has revealed. Executive Secretary of the Commission, Jones Apleh, says even though the number is...
Over 1.3 million weapons believed to have been smuggled into Ghana are not registered, according to preliminary investigations conducted by the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training...
Mr Barfuor Amoa, President of the West Africa Network on Small Arms (WAANSA), has appealed to government to ratify the United Nations Convention on Arms and Trade Treaty (ATT), to ensure effective...
