Globalization and Arms Proliferation in Africa

The study examined how globalization has paved way for arms proliferation in Africa. The study adopted Radical structural conflict theory and ‘The failed state theory as the theoretical framework’. Content analysis was used to analyze this work, while the data was mainly obtained from the secondary source. The result of study shows that globalization has increased high rate of crime in the society such as increase in Boko haram, kidnapping, proliferation of Militant Groups etc. The study concluded that globalization has really created room for the uncontrolled manner in which small arms and light weapons diffused into different parts of the continent, after inducing a market friendly environment for them. This study recommends that the states in Africa should endeavor to sign up programme that can support her citizens in the fight against small arms and light weapons proliferation in their nations by incentivizing anyone that provides sufficient information to security mediators on the spread of these weapons.