Globally, 34 countries are known to have produced over 210 different types of air-dropped and surface-launched cluster munitions including projectiles, bombs, rockets, missiles, and
dispensers. In Africa, two countries have produced cluster munitions and at least 14 countries stockpile cluster munitions; 13 of the 14 countries that stockpile have imported the weapon and both producers on the continent have exported. A total of ten countries have used cluster munitions in Africa and nine countries are contaminated to some degree with cluster munition remnants. Nearly one-third of the locations where cluster munitions have been used are in Africa and the majority of this use has occurred in the past decade.
Cluster Munitions in Africa
Cluster Munition Coalition Factsheet Prepared by Human Rights Watch
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