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SIPRI co-hosts workshop on strengthening nuclear security in Africa

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On 19–21 November the SIPRI Arms Control and Non-proliferation Programme and the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), Pretoria, held a workshop in Cape Town on strengthening Africa’s nuclear security, disarmament and non-proliferation agenda.

Participants at the workshop, including African regulators, were welcomed by Amelia Broodryk, Senior Researcher with the ISS Transnational Threats and International Crime Division, and Ian Anthony, Director of SIPRI's Arms Control and Non-proliferation Programme.

Ian Anthony and SIPRI Researcher Lina Grip gave a presentation on the findings of their latest SIPRI Policy Paper, Africa and the Global Market in Natural Uranium: From Proliferation Risk to Non-proliferation Opportunity.

Download the Policy Paper.

The workshop was made possible with the financial support of the British High Commission in Pretoria and the Norwegian Government.

For more information contact Lina Grip or read more about the SIPRI Arms Control and Non-proliferation Programme.