New #SituationUpdate
#PortSudan , Sudan’s most secure city and current seat of government, shares many of the dire trends that led to the destruction of the centre of the country. Potential civil unrest could undermine the country’s last haven: bit.ly/3VSrzim

Yesterday the Survey’s Strategic Council met to welcome Dr Mark Downes as Director, and to discuss progress on the new 2024-2028 Strategy as well as preparations for the upcoming #RevCon4 meeting in June

Notre rapport sur l’usage illégal d’engins explosifs improvisés en Afrique de l’Ouest analyse l’impact humain de ces engins, et souligne l’importance d’une approche régionale coordonnée pour éliminer leur utilisation dans la région. Pour en savoir plus: bit.ly/3uoPlac

#SmallArmsSurveyJobPost
We’re hiring! Do you have at least 5 years’ experience in grant management for non-profit organizations? Knowledge of donor and funding guidelines? Are you an expert in Excel? Apply for our Grant Officer position here: bit.ly/3SHjcV8

#HiringAlert #Arabic #Translators
The Small Arms Survey is looking to expand its roster of freelance Arabic translators.
Find out more information and how to apply here: smallarmssurvey.org/highlight/call…

As part of our on-going work on C-IEDs, yesterday in Benin at the UNODC West & Central Africa🇺🇳 event on #IllicitTrafficking Survey experts presented findings from our recent report 'Out of Control'. Read the report here: bit.ly/3uoPlac

Published today, our new #SANABriefingPaper examines the SSA’s quest to dominate Abu Salim’s political economy and how its leadership has modified its modus operandi to deepen codependence between the group and Abu Salim’s residents. Read more here: bit.ly/43GxhWq

New #SituationUpdate
The ethnicization of the larger conflict in #Sudan threatens conflict at the community level in #SouthKordofan , destroying fragile social fabric, making resolution harder and increasing chances for the break-up of the Sudanese state: bit.ly/4aaqN4J

Geographically advantageous and economically important, the coastal city of Zawiya, #Libya has become the stage for the country’s power struggles. Read more in our new #SANAReport here: bit.ly/3Twf22H

Our new blog post on #Chile examines how public attention has focused on perceived high-crime rates but diverted away from the actual increase in #GenderBasedViolence . Read more here: bit.ly/3ItsHB2

#SmallArmsSurveyJobPost
We’re hiring! Do you have at least 5 years’ experience in grant management for non-profit organizations? Knowledge of donor and funding guidelines? Are you an expert in Excel? Apply for our Grant Officer position here: bit.ly/3SHjcV8

2024 is a big year for the Small Arms Survey—25 years of impactful work, a new Director, and a new five-year strategy. Read more here about this new strategy, which aims to further progress towards a world without illicit arms and armed violence: smallarmssurvey.org/highlight/smal…

Notre Note d'Information sur l’armement des extrémistes au #Mali est maintenant disponible en #français . Pour en savoir plus sur le matériel utilisé dans les attaques extrémistes au Mali et les moyens par lesquels ce type de matériel a été obtenu: bit.ly/49q0s1R

The Survey is proud of this great collaboration with SIPRI . These kinds of partnerships are important for progress towards a world without illicit arms and armed violence

Our #BriefingPaper on #Afghanistan finds that more detailed, disaggregated and complete data on imported SALW and ammunition helps with weapons identification, monitoring trends in arms trafficking, and national and regional threat assessments: bit.ly/48SVPgV

Today we’re publishing our new #SANAReport on the political economy of Zawiya, #Libya which explores how the city’s armed groups gradually came to take on an abusive and predatory character. Read more here: bit.ly/3Twf22H

Today on #InternationalWomensDay the Survey publishes a blog post on #Chile and its seemingly contradictory approach to #SmallArmsControl and gender-based violence laws.

Read why more firearms does not mean more security, especially for women: bit.ly/3ItsHB2

As part of regional preparations for #RevCon4 , this week in Nairobi, Survey experts attended a #UNODA meeting on promoting peace and #disarmament in #Africa . They discussed how productive partnerships between governments & civil society can strengthen initiatives & policies