Global Investigative Journalism Network (https://archive.gijn.org/tag/arms-trade/)
In this guide to reporting on organized crime in Africa, investigative journlaist Khadija Sharife examines arms trafficking and weapons deals across the continent.
GIJN’s guide to investigating organized crime in Africa includes tips, tools, and best practices for covering corruption, drug trafficking and other illicit activity.
Open source tools like the Yemeni Archive have allowed investigative journalists to track the impact of Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in the Yemen civil war as well as identify Western allies’ role in possible war crimes or abuses.
For this week’s Friday 5, where GIJN rounds up journalism news in English from around the world, we’re reading about the new Corruption Tracker for the international arms trade, dodgy deals in personal protective equipment procurement, and a recently launched organization to support whistleblowers legally, as well as financially.