Africa


Africa and Saferworld

Saferworld focuses on the Horn of Africa. We work on arms control, security and development in Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda.

We also work to strengthen regional arms controls in the Horn of Africa and Great Lakes.

Our regional office is in Nairobi and our Africa team is split between Kampala, London and Nairobi.

What are the challenges in the Horn of Africa?

The Horn of Africa is the most conflict affected region in Africa. Conflicts are often cross-border and they frequently stem from disputes over access to resources and competition between different ethnic groups or clans.

There are also high levels of insecurity and armed violence in the region. This presents major obstacles to poverty reduction and sustainable development.

Factors fuelling conflicts and insecurity in the region include:

  • the proliferation of small arms
  • weak or absent state security provision
  • development work that does not take the risk of conflict into account

What we do in the Horn of Africa

We work to address these factors by:

  • strengthening the capacity of regional bodies, national governments and civil society to work on arms, conflict and insecurity issues
  • facilitating the development and implementation of small arms policies and laws and frameworks for arms control and security sector reform
  • supporting the piloting of new and innovative approaches to arms control and insecurity such as community-based policing
  • undertaking research and advocacy on conflict and security issues

Find out more

Read more about our work on:

Small arms and light weapons

Conflict-sensitive development

Security and justice sector development

 

Find out how you can support us

 

 

Contact:Kassie McIlvaine, Head of Africa Programme