Ghana's gun problem: Can amnesty help?

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Ghana's "Silencing the Guns" amnesty program has collected just 2,000 weapons — a tiny fraction of the estimated 1.2 million unregistered firearms circulating nationwide. AfricaLink host Adwoa Tenkoramaa Domena talks to security analyst Solomon Okai, and DW correspondent Maxwell Suuk, about why Ghana's government is doubling down, and whether the public trusts the initiative enough to participate.
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