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The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (NACSA) in a demonstration of its commitment to deepening partnership with stakeholders towards effective arms control paid a strategic courtesy visit to the European Union (EU) Delegation in Ghana. Dr. Adam Bonaa, Executive Secretary of the Commission met with Ms. Gisela Spreitzhofer, the EU Team Leader […]
NACSA and GBC Sign a 5-year MOU to fight illicit Arms Proliferation and Strengthen Arms Control

Wednesday, 15th October 2025 β The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (NACSA) and the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) signed a landmark 5-year partnership aimed at fighting the proliferation of illicit small arms and gun violence to make Ghana safe, peaceful and gun-violence-free. Signed at the GBC, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) marks […]
Strengthening Regional Security: Malawi Defence Force Delegation Visits
The Executive Secretary, Dr. Adam Bonaa and management of the Commission, had the honour of receiving a delegation from the Malawi Defence Force Senior Command and staff on a study tour. The engagement was fruitful as multicultural experiences were shared on fighting the proliferation of SALW and transnational organized crime.
GHANA TO HOST HIGH-LEVEL REGIONAL PLANNING MEETING FOR OPERATION KAFO VI TO TACKLE FIREARMS TRAFFICKING IN WEST AFRICA
Ghana, through the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (NACSA), is set to host a Regional Planning Meeting for Operation KAFO VI from May 27 to 29, 2025, bringing together representatives from Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Togo, and Ghana. Organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) through its Global […]
NACSA COLLABORATES WITH NCCE TO INTENSIFY SCHOOL SENSITIZATION CAMPAIGNS AGAINST ILLEGAL FIREARMS USE AND VIGILANTISM
As part of its effort to combat the proliferation of illicit small arms and the rising trend of vigilantism, the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons collaborated with the National Commission for Civic Education to successfully conduct series of sensitization programmes in some major tertiary institutions, namely the Pantang Nursing and Midwifery Training […]
DR. ADAM BONAA, AG. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE SMALL ARMS COMMISSION, LEADS THE GHANA DELEGATION TO THE 12TH MEETING OF THE UN WORKING GROUP ON FIREARMS IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA

The Ag. Executive Secretary of the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons is leading Ghanaβs delegation to the Twelfth Meeting of the United Nations Working Group on Firearms (WGF), which opened today, 28th April, 2025 in Vienna, Austria. The high-level meeting, convened under the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, brings together […]
CAPACITY-BUILDING WORKSHOP ON SMALL ARMS CONTROL IN ELUBO

The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), organized a two-day capacity-building and training workshop in Elubo, Western Region. The workshop aimed to enhance the capabilities of state institutions in detecting, identifying, and preventing the […]
Police Foil Ecobank Robbery After Gun Battle With Assailants
February 16, 2021 Police in the Western Region has saved an Ecobank branch at Esiama from being robbed in the early hours of Saturday, February 13 2020. The cops said they received a distress call about five robbers attacking the bank and holding the security on duty captive. βPolice proceeded to the scene where the […]
Ashanti: Police killed in Highway robbery,GHS500,000 stolen
Jan/20/2021 Some unidentified men numbering about 10, on Tuesday reportedly shot and killed a policeman who was on escort duties on the Adansi Fomena road in the Ashanti Region. Lance Corporal Martin Babah reportedly died on the spot. The robbers reportedly made away with an amount of GHΒ’500,000 which was in a bullion Van, plus one AK […]
Small Arms
Uncontrolled accumulation and spread of small arms and light weapons (SALW) pose a threat to peace and security, and reduce the prospects for sustainable development. Illegal cross-border activities coupled with relatively weak administrative, legislative and regulatory measures on weapons within ECOWAS member states have contributed to the indiscriminate proliferation of SALW within the Sub-region. In […]
