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May26

Country	Topic	Source
Afrique	L'Afrique de l'Ouest confrontée à une crise des armes légères : pourquoi certains pays parviennent-ils mieux à la gérer que d'autres ?	Sud Quotidien
Caribbean	Caribbean armed violence fueled by small-scale gun traffickers, report says | Reuters	Reuters | Breaking International News & Views
CARICOM	4 Takeaways From CARICOM Firearms Report (insightcrime.org)	InSight Crime - Investigation and Analysis of Organized Crime
China	China said to be negotiating arms deals with Saudi Arabia and Egypt | South China Morning Post (scmp.com)	HK, China, Asia news & opinion from SCMP’s global edition | South China Morning Post
Ghana/Côte d'Ivoire	West Africa has a small weapons crisis – why some countries are better at dealing with it than others (theconversation.com)	The Conversation
Moldova	Moldova destroys small arms and light weapons with EU and UNDP support	euneighbourseast.eu
Global	The real-world costs of cutting the Arms Trade Treaty process - News and resources - Saferworld	Home - Saferworld
United Kingdom	UK arms sales reach record £8.5bn as global tensions escalate | Arms trade | The Guardian	News, sport and opinion from the Guardian's US edition | The Guardian
United Nations	5th meeting, 2nd CSP9 Informal Preparatory Meeting	Home | UN Web TV
United States	US investigating whether arms given to Ukraine have been used in attacks in Russia	ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
United States	US plays down spat with South Africa over arms to Russia claim | Financial Times (ft.com)	Financial Times
United States	Congress Has the Power to Halt U.S. Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia – Foreign Policy	Foreign Policy – the Global Magazine of News and Ideas
United States	Biden Approves Weapons Sales to Most of World’s Autocracies (theintercept.com)	The Intercept