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When Zimbabwean deminer Memory Mutepfa digs up a landmine, places it in a pit and blows it up using electronic detonators, she feels pride, not fear. Mutepfa, 31, belongs to a group of women working to clear mines in eastern Read More …
The World War II bomb found near Amersfoort train station on Sunday was removed from there and detonated on the military training area Leusderheide. The explosive has probably been there since World War II. According to the Utrecht police, the Read More …
A mortar, believed to have been left by the Islamic State (ISIS), exploded to a number of children in Bashiqa town, Nineveh province on Saturday, killing three and injuring another, according to a local official. Rafaat Smo, deputy governor of Read More …
Cambodia will provide training and share demining experiences with 15 deminers and officials from Ukraine next month in Phnom Penh, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The ministry revealed the plan in a December 15 press Read More …
From January to November, more than 700 women have been working as deminers and destroying unexplored ordnance to ensure public safety, according to a report by the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA). According to a seven minute Read More …
Three bomb disposal experts from the Ukrainian State Emergency Services (SES) were killed on 12 December during a mine clearance operation in the city of Konstiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast. Doctors are currently battling to save two other emergency workers. “The excruciating Read More …
A man in Oddar Meanchey province was seriously injured when the tractor he was driving hit an anti-tank mine. The incident occurred on Wednesday in Kon Chreung village of Samraong city’s Kounkriel commune, Heng Ratana, the Director general of Cambodian Read More …
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) said that they will work closely with Thai authorities to accelerate mine clearance along the borders of the two countries for the common good of both sides. Ly Thuch, senior minister Read More …
Hudaydah, 8 December 2022 – The Director of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) Ms Ilene Cohn concluded a week-long visit to Yemen where she visited Hudaydah, one of the most mine and explosive remnants of war-affected governorates in Read More …
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) called on all demining operators improve their efficiency to guarantee the Kingdom reaches its 2025 goal of becoming mine-free. CMAA first vice-president Ly Thuch made the call at a December 5 Read More …
The government has established the “Mine-Free Cambodia 2025 Fund” to achieve the goal of clearing the Kingdom’s remaining landmines by 2025, in a bid to provide security and harmony for people from all walks of life. The sub-decree establishing the Read More …
The Government of Canada said Monday that it will grant 15 million Canadian dollars (10.5 million euros) to Ukraine for the purchase of equipment needed for humanitarian landmine clearance. Specifically, the assistance will help fund the detection and removal of Read More …
The EOD technicians from 10th Engineer Regiment of the Italian Army are planning to render safe three American 500-pound World War II bombs, which were found in the vicinity of Rubattino 95, Tangenziale Est – A51 in Milan. “The specialists Read More …
Daniel Craig, the world-renowned British actor and a UN Global Advocate for the Elimination of Mines and Explosive Hazards, calls on the international community to provide more support for mine action in Cambodia. Daniel Craig made the appeal in a Read More …
The UN Security Council (UNSC) raised alarm over the continued death and injury of civilians by landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) in Yemen during the latest security council session on Yemen held on Tuesday 22 November. In their Read More …
For the better part of two years, Liliu Ross had lived in a one-room tin-roofed shack in the rural outer reaches of Hawaii’s Big Island. It had no running water and no electricity. But it provided shelter for Ross as Read More …
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) welcomes an additional contribution of EUR 1,000,000 (approximately USD 999,500) from the Government of Italy, which will support life-saving mine action activities in Iraq. Activities will include delivering sustainable and efficient explosive hazard Read More …
This year’s 30th anniversary of mine action in Cambodia is being observed in the capital with exhibitions and displays memorialising the Kingdom’s long fight against landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW). The event, held from November 21-22 at Koh Read More …
Ten people were killed and 30 seriously injured by landmines or unexploded ordinance (UXO) in the first 10 months of this year. Senior Minister Ly Thuch, the first vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) said Read More …
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) welcomes the contribution of EUR 500,000 (approximately USD 495,370) from the Government of France, which will support the Government of Iraq in its efforts to protect civilians impacted by the threat of explosive Read More …