The United Nations (UN) has revealed that some weapons looted during the 2011 Libyan conflict have ended up in the hands of terrorist and extremist groups operating in Nigeria.
Speaking at a meeting on the proliferation of illicit firearms at the UN headquarters in New York, the UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, said weapons stolen during and after the Libyan conflict continued to fuel violence across the Sahel region years after the war ended.
According to Nakamitsu, the weapons, which were looted following the overthrow of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, later surfaced in several countries across the Sahel, including Nigeria, Niger, and Burkina Faso.
