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Coast Guard (PCG) District Southwestern Mindanao personnel and explosive experts recovered 93 pieces of assorted unexploded ordnance, including a massive 500-pound World War II-era bomb, during a retrieval operation at a junk shop in this town on Monday. Coast Guard Read More …
Cambodia will mark the 20th anniversary of its participation in United Nations peacekeeping operations on October 24, commemorating two decades since the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces first deployed personnel to UN missions in 2006. The anniversary ceremony will coincide with Read More …
In complex operating environments such as Syria, digital and mass media interventions provide a vital, cost-effective complement to direct, in-person EORE sessions. Digital delivery overcomes geographical fragmentation, access restrictions, and active insecurity to deliver critical safety messages at scale. Funded Read More …
The threat posed by mines remains a concern in many regions of Ukraine. Timely marking of areas where there may be a risk of explosive ordnance is an important part of keeping people safe. With the support of the Odesa Read More …
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says explosive remnants of war continue to pose a daily threat to civilians in Afghanistan, warning that sustained financial support for mine-action projects is needed to make communities safer. Read More …
Nearly 198,000 square metres of previously mine-contaminated land in Koh Pao village, Pak Khlang commune, Koh Kong province, have been handed over to the local community following successful clearance under the Quick Impact Project (QIP) “Landmine Clearance in Koh Pao Read More …
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) has announced a competitive call for proposals to support mine action in Ukraine. The deadline for submitting concept proposals is October 26, 2026. The goal of the call for proposals is to strengthen Read More …
Mine clearance officials have warned people in flood-affected areas of new dangers from unexploded explosive ordnance and landmines. The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) called on authorities to take intensive measures after the Ministry of Water Resources Read More …
Somali government forces have carried out a security operation in areas between Sabiid, Caanoole and Bariire in the Lower Shabelle region, according to the Somali military. The operation was conducted by the army’s 27th and 17th ground force brigades as Read More …
Syria and Ukraine signed a high-level humanitarian cooperation agreement on Sunday at the Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management in Damascus to enhance demining operations, technical surveying, and sustainable agricultural recovery. The agreement was signed by Syrian Civil Defense Director Read More …
Bosnia and Herzegovina, more than three decades after the end of the war, has about 756 square kilometers of mine-suspected area, while the number of people trained in mine countermeasures has almost halved compared to the period before the coronavirus Read More …
A senior Lao official has warned that an estimated 80 million unexploded munitions remain buried across Laos, while cuts in international funding could slow clearance work and prolong the threat to civilian lives. The National Regulatory Authority for UXO/Mine Action Read More …
The Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) announced on Thursday the signing of two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with the Danish Refugee Council’s mine action program to expand demining and explosive-risk reduction efforts across the country. Valued at 4,131,741 U.S. Read More …
Clearing the unexploded ordnance (UXOs) left by the 2025 Cambodia–Thailand border clashes could cost approximately $1 billion and take more than a decade, according to a preliminary estimate by the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC). The cleanup places new financial Read More …
South Korea and a UN development body have signed an agreement on mine clearance cooperation, as part of Seoul’s broader push to enhance public safety through global standards, the defense ministry said Wednesday. The ministry signed a statement of intent Read More …
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army will send troops to Russia to participate in a field training exercise for demining, a defense spokesperson said on Friday. The field training exercise of the Experts’ Working Group (EWG) on Humanitarian Mine Action under Read More …
The United States has provided $13 million to Cambodia in 2026 to support landmine and unexploded ordnance clearance in border areas affected by the 2025 conflict with Thailand, the US Embassy says. The embassy announced the additional assistance on its Read More …
A NATO delegation led by Eirini Lemos-Maniati, head of the alliance’s Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation section, is visiting Azerbaijan to participate in the 4th International Mine Action Conference as a panel speaker. During the visit, Samir Poladov, deputy chairman of Read More …
Twenty-five veterans and family members from Ukraine’s Kharkiv Oblast have completed a UNDP-supported retraining programme and are now qualified to work in humanitarian demining. The eight-week training programme combined classroom instruction with intensive practical exercises at a training site near Read More …
Two people were killed and others injured on Monday when an old artillery shell exploded near Kani Maran village in Iraq’s Halabja province, police and health officials said. Halabja Police spokesperson Akam Qutb Al-Din said the shell detonated while it Read More …