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Hanna Zamazieieva, head of the Mykolaiv Oblast Council, reported on Jan. 21 that a car hit a landmine in the village of Liubomyrivka in Mykolaiv Oblast. According to her, four people were injured, including a three-week-old baby. She urged residents Read More …
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq welcomed a contribution of 14 million DKK (over two million USD) from the Danish government, which will assist the Iraqi government to reduce the threat of explosive ordnance impacting civilians and Read More …
Cambodia has cleared roughly 2,554 square kilometers of landmine and explosive remnants of war (ERW) contaminated land in the last 30 years, benefiting more than 9 million people, a senior official said on Monday. Ly Thuch, first vice president of Read More …
Two civilians were killed and injured following the explosion of a mine left by ISIL terrorists in the west of Al Anbar province of Iraq. One civilian was killed and another one was injured during the incident, a PMU official Read More …
Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) destroyed 61,477 landmines and UXOs in 2022. The update was shared on January 11 by Heng Ratana, Director General of CMAC, highlighting that the move has freed additional 194 square kilometres of land from landmines Read More …
Three people were killed on Wednesday in a landmine blast in Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. The victims were a woman and her two children, while her husband was critically injured in the blast Read More …
Australia is one of the longest-standing supporters of mine clearance action in Cambodia, contributing essentially to Cambodian government’s goal to reach mine-free status by 2025. The appreciation was voiced by Ly Thuch, Senior Minister and First Vice President of the Read More …
Wilbraham and Ludlow residents were disrupted by the sound of a loud explosion on Wednesday evening after police safely detonated an old explosive device one resident found in their basement, according to a Wilbraham Police Department spokesperson. On Wednesday, Wilbraham Read More …
A Thornhill-based landmine clearing charity has been given Scottish Government funding to continue its work in Ukraine. The Halo Trust is working in the war-torn country to remove explosives left behind by Russia’s invasion and has been handed £300,000 from Read More …
Two children have died and six people been wounded in eastern DR Congo after a grenade they discovered during a bird-hunt exploded, local officials said on Tuesday. A group of youngsters had been hunting for birds Monday in a field Read More …
An over 100-year-old bomb has finally exploded in Turkey. Turkey’s Gallipoli Peninsula was the location of one of WWI’s bloodiest battles. A dangerous remnant of that conflict, which raged from April 25, 1915 until Jan. 9, 1916, was found in Read More …
Reiterating its support to the efforts of authorities to make Cambodia a mine-free nation by 2025, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) has pledged to clear more than 265 square kilometres of landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXOs) this year. On Read More …
An explosion has rocked part of the city after a shell thought to be from the Second World War was destroyed on Brighton beach. Bomb disposal teams were called and a cordon was set up after reports that a wartime Read More …
Night was falling, and Boubacar Ba was once again hunting in the forest outside his hometown of Mpak in southern Senegal. Then a crack rang out, not from his rifle or another hunter. Not the Senegalese army or even the Read More …
A World War One artillery bomb was disposed of via a controlled explosion on farmland in Worcestershire. South Quay by the River Severn in Worcester was cordoned off and emergency services were called to the scene. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Read More …
There are potentially thousands of unexploded World War Two bombs around Wales, with emergency services still dealing with up to 20 callouts a year. With the coastal towns of Cardiff and Swansea key German targets, many are thought to be Read More …
The Chinese army will help Cambodia in clearing landmines and other UXOs in an upcoming military drill. Prime Minister Hun Sen said making Cambodia, a country once torn by civil war, to be landmine-free has always been a goal of Read More …
A visit to a minefield starts with some crucial safety notes. And they will save your life – when you are just steps away from deadly buried explosives, you need to pay attention. Red-painted sticks dug into the ground mean Read More …
Three Ukrainian emergency services workers were killed on Saturday when a mine exploded while they were demining parts of the Kherson region, said the emergency service of another region, in which they served. “All three selflessly served in the emergency Read More …
The deminers from Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) this week have found 74 anti-personnel landmines in Oudong district of Kampong Speu province. CMAC director general Heng Ratana said the landmines, identified as MD-82s, were removed by the demining force during Read More …