loaded guns, smoking barrels and the proliferation of arms in south sudan
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Loaded Guns, Smoking Barrels The Proliferation of Arms in South Sudan
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Here’s South Sudan
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There are more than
3,000,000 weapons in South Sudan
2/3 are in the hands of
civilians
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How do these weapons get into South Sudan?
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They pour into South Sudan from neighbouring countries who also face conflict
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The Lord’s Resistance Army used Southern Sudan as its operational base to fight Uganda
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Other states directly arm South Sudanese rebel groups
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States try to weaken other states by destabilizing them from the inside by arming or funding homegrown rebel groups
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Colonel Gaddafi allegedly funded and armed the South Sudanese secessionist movement to weaken Sudan
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Civilian armament3
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Many South Sudanese are nomads and they often travel through borders to Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda to get weapons
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Why do they seek weapons?
For self-defenseFor cattle
raiding
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Where do these weapons originally come from?
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South Sudan
China
Ukraine
Russia
Sudan / Iran
Canada
Israel
South Africa
North Industries
Corp (Norinco)
Ukrspetsexport
Rosoboronexport Streit Group
Israel Military
Industries (IMI)
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Photo Credits: Tim Freccia / Enough Project / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Tim Freccia / Enough Project / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Joseph Kony, the leader of the cult-like Lord's Resistance Army. Photograph: AP, Gaddafi Photo: EPA