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“If you come across a snake, it’s best not to get nervous, but to stay calm and wait for it to pass.” The instructions given by paramedic João Eduardo are alarming, especially in latitudes where certain species of viper, cobra, Read More …
Over the 20 years of the Vietnam War and the subsequent conflict, approximately 2.75 million tons of bombs were dropped on Cambodia, and an estimated 4 to 6 million landmines were buried. Following the 1991 Paris Peace Agreement, the Cambodian Read More …
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said that Cambodia still has 1,700 square kilometres of land contaminated with landmines and unexploded ordnance, affecting around 1 million citizens living in suspected areas. The premier spoke on Saturday during his meeting with 4,742 Read More …
Humanitarian demining efforts in Azerbaijan and NATO’s support for these activities have been discussed, Azernews reports, citing Samir Poladov, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), as he told during an official visit Read More …
On September 30, 2024, the Government of Canada announced more than $38.3 million in funding for a total of 15 projects to support security, peace and stability in the Middle East and Central Asia. Through the Peace and Stabilization Operations Read More …
Angola’s landmine problem is a tragic legacy of decades of conflict, first in the fight for independence from Portugal and later in the ensuing civil war. Historical records indicate that almost all parties involved in these conflicts were responsible for Read More …
The 2024 International Humanitarian Demining Training Course, which was hosted by the Chinese government on Friday, held its closing ceremony in Nanjing, the capital of east China’s Jiangsu province, with attendees praising China’s role in international demining cooperation and assistance. Read More …
UNOPS and the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office in Yemen are working to scale-up much-needed mine action operations across the country. Years of conflict in Yemen have left a devastating mark on the country, including the widespread contamination of explosive remnants Read More …
Hours before the break of dawn on a humid Tuesday, this writer along with several other individuals sat at a 20-minute debriefing inside a temporary shelter setup a few meters away from the Mankulam junction in the North of Sri Read More …
Heng Ratana, director-general of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC), and Tomoko Shimada, director of the Peace Building Office of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Tokyo, on Monday at the CMAC Headquarters signed the “Minutes of Discussions on the Read More …
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Mine Action Agency has revealed that over 776 square kilometers of land in the region remain contaminated with landmines, calling for immediate funding to accelerate clearance efforts. The agency is requesting a share of a Read More …
Throughout most of Bié province, the soil is fertile and water sources are widely accessible, but where mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) are present, use of the land is severely limited. From 1983 to 1985, mines and other explosive items Read More …
The Ministry of Environment announced on Saturday, the clearing of 4,000 cubic meters of mines across Iraq, while indicating the completion of projects for the benefit of industrial and oil lands at a rate of 100%, confirming the existence of Read More …
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed for the demining of over 580,000 square meters of land in Logar Province. According to a report from the National Disaster Management Authority, Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, the Acting Head of the Authority, held Read More …
The United Kingdom has announced an additional USD 5.5 million in funding to aid landmine clearance in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland East and Mashonaland Central provinces. The initiative aims to enhance safety in these regions and promote awareness of the lingering dangers Read More …
Four women were injured when a land mine exploded while they were clearing mines in Mankulam, Vavuniya last evening. Police said the women, who were part of a non-governmental organization engaged in demining land mines buried by the LTTE, were Read More …
The five-year Siem Reap-Angkor Action Plan, which will be adopted for implementation at November’s 2024 Ottawa Convention meeting in Siem Reap province, has been successfully developed, according to the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), which will chair Read More …
Noor is a qualified Iraqi woman working in the Iraqi mine action sector. She joined an explosive ordnance risk education (EORE) team nine years ago with an international mine action NGO. Since then, she has been developing her skills to Read More …
Ambassador of Japan – Mr. Mizukoshi Hideaki, today (Aug. 22) signed the grant contracts of two demining projects under the scheme of “Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP)”, with Major Gen. (retd) Mr. Sumathi Ranjan Balasuriya, Director & Read More …
Since September 25 of last year, women’s mine clearance teams have been operational, and by August 15 of this year, a total of 3,203,997 square meters of land have been cleared, Azernews reports, citing Hafiz Safikhanov, Chairman of the “Azerbaijan Read More …