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Like the neck of a giraffe, a minesweeping vehicle extends a serrated bucket forward and dips its teeth into the blighted earth. It drags the dry soil backward, sifting, before harvesting a jerrycan and gently placing it on the edge Read More …
At a clearance site in Gio Hai Commune, Gio Linh District, RENEW/NPA clearance teams on Tuesday found 31 explosive items, including cluster munitions and other explosive ordnance, most of which was uncovered from a cache. The team later safely destroyed Read More …
The request was made during the meeting between Senior Minister Ly Thuch, the first vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) and Juan Carlos Ruan, director of the ISU-APMBC, held at the CMAA office in Phnom Read More …
“Four children have died – three boys and one girl – and two children have been maimed over the last week, as a result of incidents related to explosive ordnances in two locations in Iraq. UNICEF expresses its deep sorrow Read More …
A Cambodian Mine Action Center demining team will restart removing underwater UXOs and a shipwreck in the Mekong River in Prey Veng province’s Peam Ro district at the end of this month or next. Heng Ratana, CMAC director general said: Read More …
Cambodia and Norway have reaffirmed mutual commitment for both bilateral and multilateral cooperation, especially on mine clearance sector. The commitment was renewed during a recent meeting between Director General of Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC), Heng Ratana, and Head of Read More …
The Administration for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief performed 654 interventions related to unexploded ordnance items in Slovenia last year, which means almost two per day and 30% more than last year. A total of 4,271 unexploded ordnance items were Read More …
The Defence Force has completed the clearance of its former firing ranges in Bamyan, Afghanistan, an effort that began after a Stuff Circuit investigated uncovered civilian casualties. More than 1000 unexploded ordnance and explosive war remnants were found and destroyed. Read More …
Two pieces of unexploded ordnance (UXO) or unexploded military ammunition and explosives were found at the Bagong Ospital ng Maynila parking lot construction site along Mabini Street in Malate, Manila on Wednesday, Jan. 26. A 105 mm High Explosive Projectile Read More …
From 1 January to 31 December 2021, civilian casualties resulting from mine-related incidents6 and ERW handling comprised 58: 12 killed (seven men, one woman, three boys and one girl) and 46 injured (31 men, ten women, four boys and one Read More …
After decades of civil war, landmines and unexploded bombs still contaminate large tracts of South Sudan’s landscape, threatening the lives and livelihoods of its residents. In the village of Gondokoro, a few kilometres from the capital Juba, the United Nations Read More …
On Wednesday, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force conducted an underwater detonation of 315 artillery shells, grenades, and bullets, roughly a half-mile offshore at Naha Port’s Shinko Wharf, in Okinawa. The unexploded ordnance was recovered during dredging of Naha Port between Read More …
Representatives of Norwegian charities and organizations met with acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, during his three-day visit to Oslo, and pledged assistance to Afghanistan in various fields, including health and education. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi wrote on Read More …
As the world urbanizes, so too do conflicts. It is estimated that some 50 million people now suffer the horrific consequences of urban warfare – a trend that is likely to continue as more and more people concentrate in towns Read More …
Police conducted a controlled explosion of a ‘WW2 bomb’ in Ealing this afternoon (January 26). Police were called at 3pm to Hanger Lane to reports of a “suspected unexploded ordnance”. Road closures were put in place while a controlled explosion Read More …
Officials have requested modern technological equipment to enable them to continue their work of collecting unexploded ordnance (UXO) in sunken warships in the Mekong River in four areas of Kandal and Preveng provinces. Authorities have found many weapons and other Read More …
Cambodia Mine Action Centre (CMAC) director-general Heng Ratana had a meeting with Colombian Ambassador Ana Maria Prieto Abad to discuss training demining experts on Friday at CMAC’s office. Ratana said that they discussed a number of remarkable efforts and commitments Read More …
Bomb disposal experts have carried out a controlled explosion after a grenade was found in a city’s river. A man found the device while magnet fishing in the River Cam near Logan’s Meadow in Cambridge at about 18:40 GMT on Read More …
The State Emergency Service EOD teams work all over the country to detect, seize and destroy explosive ordnance from previous conflicts. The day before, bomb disposal units responded to 9 calls, during which 16 explosive objects were seized and destroyed. Read More …
Japan’s assistance to Cambodia in the decade’s long battle to clear vast areas of landmines in the country would perhaps be close to taking yet another step forward, going by the words of Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hayashi Yoshimasa. Read More …