LiNCSA Engages Lawmakers, Civil Society Stakeholders and the Media on the Speedy Passage of Proposed Draft Amendments to Domestic Firearms Control Legislations frontpageafricaonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from frontpageafricaonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The killing of a 14-yr old female student by her classmate who shot her to death three days ago in their classroom on the campus of the Cyber-Ed school continues to fill conversations around Monrovia and perhaps Liberia.
This is because it is the very first time on record since the end of the civil war in 2003 has a student lost her life from gun violence, perpetrated by her own classmate. According to media reports, the shooter, 16 yr. old Oliver Turay, has been turned over the custody of his lawyers pending determinations on whether he can be criminally tried.
Not much has been heard from the parents save a statement attributed to the mother who reportedly told Police that the killer weapon, a magazine-fed 9mm pistol belonged to her deceased husband who she did not identify.
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National Small Arms Commission Holds Two-day Stakeholders’ Validation Session to Amend the Firearms and Ammunition Control Act of 2015 and the Act Creating the Commission
National Small Arms Commission Holds Two-day Stakeholders’ Validation Session to Amend the Firearms and Ammunition Control Act of 2015 and the Act Creating the Commission
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Monrovia – Liberia is leading the reform efforts within in West Africa to conform to provisions of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) by ensuring the validation to amend the Firearms and Ammunition Control Act of 2015 and the Act creating the National Small Arms Commission of Liberia.
The new Arms Commission Act when enacted by the National Legislature will expand its mandate to regulate all categories of conventional arms including small arms, light weapons their ammunition and related materials.
The National Peace Council (NPC), has appealed to Ghanaians, especially, political actors to maintain peace in the country ahead of the Supreme Court’s judgment on the 2020 Presidential Election Petition.
The NPC asked the citizenry to accept the judgment for peace to prevail.
Speaking at a virtual stakeholders’ convening on the roadmap towards the eradication of political vigilantism in Ghana, Mr George Amoh, Executive Secretary, NPC, pleaded that the feuding political actors impressed on their constituents to guard the peace currently being enjoyed in the country.
Mr Amoh said activities of political vigilantes, which did not manifest so much during the last elections were due to the work done by all stakeholders prior to the elections, which had been commended by well-meaning entities, and that such work was going to be continued.