This consultation paper is a product of the workshop on humanitarian impacts of nuclear testings in the African continent that took place in Accra, Ghana, in August 2016. The workshop included 20 participants from government officials to non-governmental organizations’ in Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Uganda, and Mali. Based on these discussions on nuclear testing, which include interactive exercises based on scenarios of nuclear weapons use, Chatham House is producing consultation papers that will shape the intellectual framework regarding nuclear weapons, and contribute to the fact-based discussions within the humanitarian initiative.
