01027nam a22001337a 4500100003000000245003700030260004400067300000800111520065300119650001900772856008200791942000700873999001300880  aSchroeder, Matt Lamb, Guy  aThe Illicit Arms Trade in Africa  aSouth Africa:  bAfrican Analyst,c2006  a69p  aIn Africa and elsewhere, the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons is opaque, amorphous and dynamic. It is also a global enterprise with illicit weapons across Africa coming from virtually every major arms producing country in the world. Small Arms Survey puts the dollar value of the illicit small arms trade at US$1 billion, or 10-20% of the global trade. The clandestine nature of this trade makes it impossible to confirm these estimates, but what is obvious is that in Africa the illicit trade in small arms is counter-developmental on many levels. What follows is a snapshot of the sources, the trade, the costs and what must be done.  aTrade, Weapons  uhttp://iffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/the_illicit_arms_trade_in_africa.pdf  cCF  c140d140