UNODC facilitates regional exchange on strengthening cross-border coordination in countering use of IEDs and drones in the Sahel

Terrorist violence continues to pose a serious threat to stability and security across West Africa, with the Sahel region remaining the epicentre of global terrorism-related deaths. In recent years, terrorist groups, particularly those affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq Read More …

Syria, Ukraine discuss cooperation on landmine clearance

Syria’s Minister of Emergency Management and Disaster Response, Raed al-Saleh, met a Ukrainian delegation in Damascus to discuss expanding cooperation on clearing landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO), the ministry said. The Ukrainian delegation was led by Ihor Bezkrovainyi, director of Read More …

Scotland: Police confirm controlled explosion carried out at Scatsta Airport

A controlled explosion of a suspected ordnance has been carried out near the former Scatsta Airport site. Police Scotland confirmed a team of experts carried out the explosion on Thursday, following a discovery at the site on Monday. Officers set Read More …

A multi-country epidemiological analysis of mortality from landmines and other explosive ordnance

Explosive ordnance including landmines, improvised explosive devices and explosive remnants of war are known to contaminate at least fifty-eight countries, threatening the health of affected communities across generations. Despite the scale of this problem, mortality estimates pertaining to these weapons Read More …

Azerbaijan: ANAMA employee injured in landmine explosion in Khojaly District

A staff member of the Azerbaijan Mine Action Agency (ANAMA) was injured in a landmine explosion on February 18, 2026, in the village of Mukhtar in the Khojaly District, an area recently liberated from occupation. According to ANAMA, the incident Read More …

Afghanistan: The hidden explosive threat

In Afghanistan, the guns have fallen silent, but the war remains buried beneath the soil in the form of deadly explosive items, including landmines and unexploded remnants of war. The European Union supports mine clearance efforts so communities can safely Read More …

Ukraine: State Emergency Service destroyed Russian Kh-101 missile warhead

In the Pervomaisk district of the Mykolaiv region, rescuers from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) destroyed the warhead of a Russian Kh-101 missile. This was reported by the Main Directorate of the SES in the Mykolaiv region on Read More …

Cambodia: US provides US$4mil for demining, pledges to clear UXOs from homes of displaced persons

The United States has earmarked US$4 million in aid to the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) for the clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO), while pledging to help Cambodian war refugees affected by UXO return to their homes. In Read More …

Ukraine: Demining Program Clears 1340 Hectares of Agricultural Land in January 2026

Under the state program to compensate for demining costs, mine-action operators cleared 1,340 hectares of agricultural land in Ukraine in January; the cost of the works amounted to 76.43 million hryvnias. According to the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture, Read More …

Afghanistan: Child killed, another child and their mother injured in explosion in Nangarhar

A child was killed andkwhen an unexploded shell detonated in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, Taliban officials said Thursday. The Taliban’s provincial police command said in a statement that the blast occurred in the Hisar Shahi village of Rodat district after Read More …

Thailand: Border standoff eases on K5, but mines and bombs still found daily

The Royal Thai Army said the situation along the K5 road in Ta Phraya district, Sa Kaeo province, has not worsened, with no further advances detected by Cambodian personnel allegedly disguising themselves as civilians. However, officials warned that explosive ordnance Read More …

Afghanistan: 87 killed by unexploded ordnance last year

At least 87 people were killed and 333 injured in incidents involving unexploded ordnance across Afghanistan over the past year, the Taliban-run disaster management authority (ANDMA) said on Wednesday. The ANDMA said 193 incidents linked to unexploded bombs and mines Read More …

Syria: Security teams clear mines from key road in eastern Aleppo

Engineering teams from Syria’s Internal Security Forces began clearing mines and improvised explosive devices on Wednesday from a key road linking the Qarah Qozak Bridge with the town of Shuyukh in eastern Aleppo province, the Interior Ministry said. The devices Read More …

Lebanon has decided to join the Mine Ban Treaty

Following the signing of the accession decree, the treaty will enter into force for Lebanon six months after deposit with the UN. This progress reflects decades of work by Lebanese civil society and mine action partners, and brings hope to Read More …

Cambodia Warns of Lingering Cluster Munition Dangers After Blast Injures Workers

The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) has expressed deep concern over a cluster munition blast that injured three electricity workers in Oddar Meanchey province, leaving some with serious injuries. CMAA said it is ready to support the Read More …

Philippines: 23 WWII Japanese Navy bombs discovered in Davao City

Authorities safely recovered unexploded explosive ordnance (UXO) after World War II-era bombs were discovered in Barangay Buhangin, Davao City, officials said. The explosives were found on Jan. 24, 2026, in Purok Balite, prompting an immediate response from military and law Read More …

UK: Controlled explosion carried out after mortar found by Norwich fisherman

A man pulled an unexploded bomb out of the water while magnet fishing on the river Wensum yesterday. Police were called out at just after 10am on Sunday to Dolphin Bridge, Norwich, after reports that someone had found an unexploded Read More …

Ukraine: Kyiv bomb disposal experts neutralized the warhead of a Russian Iskander-M missile

Fragments of a missile with a warhead weighing about 500 kg were located near residential buildings and a gas station in the Dniprovskyi district of Kyiv. This posed a high risk of explosion and civilian casualties. Police explosives technicians and Read More …

Philippines: 120 hand grenades discovered in Quezon town cemetery

A Philippine Army reservist discovered a cache of live hand grenades at a public cemetery in Lucban town, Quezon province, the military reported. In a belated report issued Friday, the Army’s 2nd Infantry Division (2nd ID) said Private First Class Read More …