UN Calls for Urgent Action as Afghanistan’s Land is Heavily Contaminated by Explosives

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has expressed deep concern over the contamination of two-thirds of Afghanistan’s land by explosive materials, reporting that an average of 15 civilians lose their lives each month due to Read More …

OCHA: Syria ordnance contamination

After 13 years of conflict, explosive ordnance contamination remains a challenge in Syria. Approximately a third of communities across Syria reportedly face grave risk of injury and trauma by some form of explosive contamination. Demining efforts are underway with the Read More …

Yemen: Explosive Devices Cause 121 Casualties in Q1

There are millions of landmines and unexploded ordnance scattered across the country, and these weapons will continue to kill and maim civilians for years to come. On Saturday, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) informed Read More …

Armenian humanitarian demining center provides aid to Syrian settlements affected by earthquake

The specialists of the Armenian Humanitarian Center for De-mining and Expertise, who are engaged in explosive ordnance disposal in Darayya, Damascus, are involved in eliminating the consequences of the earthquake since February 12 in cooperation with the UN offices in Read More …

Mali: Explosive devices kill 72 civilians since January

A total of 72 people were killed in Mali by explosive devices between January and August in 2022, said a report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) released Monday in Bamako, capital of Mali. Read More …

Yemen: Children tormented by landmines and unexploded ordnance

Unexploded remnants of Yemen’s conflicts have killed and injured dozens of children and threaten the country’s fragile return to peace. Thirteen-year-old Nakhlah Ramadhan was tending sheep with her younger sister Fatima on the outskirts of the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, when Read More …