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How authorities and aid workers can support emergency EORE and other explosive weapons related risk education. his Q&A has been produced by the EORE Advisory Group – a global group of over a dozen UN agencies, international organisations and international Read More …
Patron, a 2-year-old military dog, is credited with clearing almost 90 explosive devices on Ukrainian soil since Russia invaded, saving countless lives and preventing further bloodshed. Footage of the dog’s brave actions was shared by the State Emergency Service (SES) Read More …
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and three live hand grenades were recovered from a vacant lot adjoining a private university on the Ambala-Chandigarh highway on Sunday. The explosives were spotted by a few migrant workers in the vicinity, who immediately Read More …
Residents of Schiebroekstraat in Zoetermeer were startled Saturday morning by a man in camouflage clothing banging on windows and doors and shouting. Police arrested him and subsequently found a rifle grenade in his car, Omroep West reports. Police urged residents Read More …
The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) found and detonated three large bombs in Khammuan and Xieng Khuang provinces in a single week. This week, MAG’s community liaison team received a hotline call reporting two large bombs, one in Khammuan province and Read More …
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Government of Ecuador today signed a Cooperation and Technical Assistance Agreement related to the OAS Comprehensive Action against Antipersonnel Mines Program (AICMA) to advance towards the elimination of antipersonnel mines in the Read More …
A total of six Iraqi children, all boys, have lost their lives due to explosive remnants of war (ERW) in February, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a statement on Monday. Moreover, UNICEF said explosive remnants had maimed Read More …
‘Friends of Ukraine EOD’ is an undertaking, whereby likeminded people, including those with a background in Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA), Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), and other Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) Risk Management join together to assist the ERW risk Read More …
A large quantity of wartime munitions were found in a forest near the Thai-Cambodian border in Sangkha district of this lower northeastern province on Saturday. The munitions were discovered by villagers from Ban Kalengwek, Moo 2 village in tambon Thepraksa Read More …
On 9 March, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) and Norwegian People’s Aid Cambodia signed Cooperation Agreements covering three main projects in the total amount of USD 6,444,808 million funded by the U.S. Government. CMCA informs that the agreement was Read More …
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) underwater clearance team has begun an operation to clear bombs that were dropped from airplanes into the Stung Sen River. The operation began after a fisherman reported that he had discovered a bomb along Read More …
A 13-year-old was killed yesterday in a landmine explosion in Kas Kralor district’s Prey Toteoung Village of Battambang. The boy, identified as Seung Vansing, was tending his family’s cattle yesterday evening when one of the cows stepped on an anti-vehicle Read More …
The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) on Monday said its team in the central province of Quảng Bình has deactivated a nearly-230-kg wartime bomb found right next to the Đồng Hới City market, which houses hundreds of small businesses and sees Read More …
After setting up 475 meters a safety perimeter and evacuating local residents, the EOD technicians of 21st Engineer Regiment of the Bersaglieri Garibaldi Brigade have safely defused the 200-pound Second World War bomb in Sapri, Campania. The soldiers were assisted Read More …
The Government of Japan on Thursday made available around 1.2 million U. S. dollars to support demining projects in Angola’s provinces of Cuanza Sul and Moxico. Two non-governmental organizations are entitled to implement the projects namely the Association of Angolan Read More …
The non-technical survey teams in the Executive Center for Mine Action managed during February 2022 to discover 2,364 cluster bombs and mines left behind by Saudi-led coalition forces. According to a statistic issued by the center, the non-technical teams of Read More …
Russia has been accused of using cluster bombs in Ukraine – and the International Criminal Court (ICC) has opened an investigation into possible war crimes. We’ve looked at social media videos and open-source material to detail the evidence around one Read More …
Nearly 1.7 million unexploded ordnance (UXO) items had been destroyed by clearance teams in Laos from 1996 to December 31, 2021, while over 71,000 hectares of land were cleared of munitions. The figures were released at a consultation meeting on Read More …
Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol Bomb Squad, assisted by an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team from the Nebraska Air National Guard’s 155th Air Refueling Wing, have safely destroyed three old military ordnances located in personal property recently. Last Thursday, February Read More …
One person was killed and five were wounded in mine explosions in Azerbaijan from January to February, Trend has reported. “One person was killed and five people were injured as a result of explosions of mines and unexploded ordnance from Read More …