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Increase in civilian deaths in drone strikes across Africa leads to calls for tighter arms controls
An undated MoD handout photo of an RAF Reaper UAV

A NEW report today looked at the scale of innocent civilian deaths from drone strikes across several African states, underlining the urgent need for tighter arms controls.

NGO Drone Wars UK examined the proliferation of Medium Altitude, Long Endurance armed drones exported from manufacturers in Turkey, China and Iran.

It linked them to the mounting civilian deaths from strikes across Ethiopia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Somalia and Sudan.

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