Addressing mine ban treaty challenges: New contamination and compliance

The annual Intersessional Meetings of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpile, Production, and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (aka Ottawa Convention, AP Mine Ban Convention, or Mine Ban Treaty) closed on 21 June in Read More …

Colombia: Militants kill 9 soldiers in attack in Norte de Santander state

Militants in Colombia killed nine soldiers and wounded nine others in an attack early Wednesday on a military unit securing a northern pipeline, officials said, complicating efforts by the country’s new leftist president to negotiate a lasting peace. The assailants Read More …

Colombia: Six military personnel killed by FARC dissidents in Cauca

The death toll from an attack against a military base in Cauca has risen to six military personnel, leaving eight wounded, including one civilian. The attack took place in the village of Munchique, where this column of FARC dissidents is Read More …

Colombia: Seven police officers killed following president’s push for peace

Seven police officers have been killed in an explosion and shooting attack in Colombia. They were leaving a social event in the south-western department of Huila when their vehicle hit a road mine. They were then shot dead in the Read More …

Colombia: Comando Específico de Norte de Santander prevented two terrorist attacks against military units

Quick and timely actions of soldiers of Comando Específico de Norte de Santander prevented two terrorist attacks against the La Esmeralda military base, in the zona rural de Convención, and the La Esperanza military base, in El Tarra, Norte de Read More …

Colombia: The threat of a terrorist operation against military base in Aguachica, Cesar, was neutralized

In the midst of the security work in the sector, the soldiers noticed the suspicious presence of a truck that was being parked by two individuals on the road. These men, realizing the work of the troops, escaped. Soldiers of Read More …

Cambodia: Former President of Colombia visits CMAC’s headquarters

Andrés Pastrana Arango, former President of the Republic of Colombia and current President of the Centrist Democrat International (CDI), paid a visit to the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC)’s headquarters in Phnom Penh earlier this week. He was warmly received Read More …