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During the last phase of the Humanitarian Operation, mines remained scattered haphazardly all over the North posing serious threat to human habitation. In 2002, the Sri Lankan Government initiated the National Mine Action Programme aiming to create a mine and Read More …
Two children were killed when the unexploded device from the past war exploded in the eastern province of Ghazni, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, local sources said. On Monday afternoon, a group of children found the explosive device in the eastern province Read More …
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A villager told Rudaw that he had found an unexploded explosive-laden drone near Duhok dam and handed it over to security forces to investigate. Haval Boti from Botya village in Zawita subdistrict told Rudaw on Monday Read More …
Kratie is expected to be declared the next mine-free province in June, becoming the 13th provincial-level region to receive the status, according to Ly Thuch, first vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA). “Thanks to the Read More …
For the first time in more than eight years of war, there are real and concrete signs of peace. But as a Sky News team has discovered on the ground, this is a country broken by thousands of bombs, mines Read More …
Over 1.8 million unexploded ordnance (UXO) devices have been cleared from 79,599 hectares of land from 1996 to February 2023, making agricultural land safe for farmers and freeing up other areas for development. The figures were released by Lao Deputy Read More …
Ukraine needs $37.4 billion to carry out humanitarian demining of its lands, the country’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on April 4, citing an assessment by the World Bank. This sum includes more than $397 million needed just for the Read More …
Mogadishu – Marking the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, the United Nations today reaffirmed its commitment to supporting efforts to rid Somalia of the threat from explosive ordnance. “Whether measured in the number of casualties Read More …
An increasing number of women in Angola are working to get rid of the scourge of landmines left from the 27-year civil war, which are still claiming victims long after the fighting finished. “I don’t want my daughter, or any Read More …
According to data from UNFICYP, 47 suspected hazardous areas in Cyprus could be contaminated with mines and/or explosive remnants of war (ERW), covering roughly 1.7 million square meters of land. A factsheet from UNFICYP, updated in October 2018, shows that Read More …
Geneva (ICRC) – On the occasion of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action on 4 April, Erik Tollefsen, the head of the weapons contamination unit for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), said Read More …
More than two decades since the adoption of the landmark Mine Ban Treaty and the creation of the UN Mine Action Service, millions of landmines have been destroyed, but land in nearly 70 countries globally is still contaminated and innocent Read More …
A child was killed and three others injured when an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) exploded in Southern Zabul province, according to local sources. The explosion caused by an IED of past wars resulted in the death of one child and Read More …
Armed conflicts continue to cause an increase in the number of casualties from explosive ordnance. Even after hostilities have ended, populations living in mine-affected areas often live with the risk posed by mines and other explosive ordnance. In order to Read More …
Croatia, which has experience in eliminating the consequences of war on its own territory, can help with the humanitarian demining of Ukrainian lands. Croatian Defense Minister Mario Banozic said this at a briefing with his Ukrainian counterpart Oleksii Reznikov at Read More …
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, observed on 4 April: For the millions living amidst the chaos of armed conflicts — especially women and children — every Read More …
Since the beginning of January, eleven people were injured and one killed by land mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO). According to a March 27 report from the Cambodian Mine Action Authority (CMAA), this represents a 56 per cent reduction on Read More …
Two people were killed and three others were seriously injured in a warhead explosion in Kon Tum Province, located in Vietnam’s Central Highlands. Doctor Vo Van Thien, director of the Kon Tum General Hospital, said on Sunday that the hospital Read More …
Thousands across Yemen maimed and mutilated by unexploded weapons and land mines. Some are mortars or rockets fired between rival groups fighting over residential streets, others are mines and booby traps deliberately left behind by retreating forces. Landmines and other Read More …
A child in Yemen was killed or injured by explosives every two days in 2022, new research has found, as the country enters its ninth consecutive year of conflict. Yemen is littered with landmines and unexploded ordinance such as mortars, Read More …