The KAFO VI Regional Planning Meeting concluded on 29th May, in Accra after three days of strategic dialogue, planning and collaboration among national focal points, regional experts and international partners committed to strengthening responses to cross-border firearms trafficking in West Africa.
The Ag. Executive Secretary of the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons is leading Ghana’s 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…
In a significant stride towards combating the illicit proliferation of small arms and ammunition in Ghana, a total of 29 packs of shotgun cartridges were intercepted during a security operation at the Ghana-Togo border at Aflao on Tuesday, 8th April 2025. The operation, which led to the arrest…
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,…
The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (NACSA) strongly condemns the recent increase in the display and misuse of firearms that have shaken communities in the Ashanti Region, the Northern Regions and the nation at large. On April 4, 2025, one student of the Seventh Day…
On the second day of NACSA’s retreat in Kumasi, the Management Team, led by Ag. Executive Secretary Dr. Adam Bonaa and Ag. Deputy Executive Secretary Mr. Salam Mohammed Gali, paid a courtesy call on the Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene. The visit provided an opportunity to formally…
As part of NACSA’s retreat in Kumasi, the Management Team, led by Ag. Executive Secretary Dr. Adam Bonaa and Ag. Deputy Executive Secretary Mr. Salam Mohammed Gali, paid a courtesy call on the Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator, Captain (Rtd.) Kwame Jabari. The meeting served as an opportunity to…
As part of ongoing efforts to bolster border security and curb the illicit flow of small arms into Ghana, the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (NACSA) engaged key stakeholders at Tema Port to reinforce collaboration for enhanced security measures. The newly appointed Acting Executive Secretary,…
"Disarmament and Non-proliferation are investments in peace. They are investments in our future. Let's end these threads before they end us"António Guterres- UN Secretary-General The challenge of armed violence and the illicit arms trade is a multifaceted issue that not only threatens the fabric of societies but also…
Officers from the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons, Samson Akanlewine Ayamga and Micheal Adongo, stationed at the Sampa Border Post, spearheaded a vital Public Education and Sensitization Program at the Ghana Private Road Transport Union of Trade Union Congress (G.P.R.T.U. of T.U.C) (Sampa Lorry Station),…