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The Swiss Federal Council has approved a package of 100 million Swiss francs (almost $110 million) to demine civilian and agricultural areas in Ukraine and help rebuild the country, the Swiss government said this in a press release. “A total Read More …
Thailand’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved $30,000 in operational costs for the ASEAN Regional Mine Action Centre (ARMAC) in Phnom Penh for the period 2024 to 2026. The three-year aid announcement was made ahead of Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s first Read More …
As of today, 18 mine action operators have been certified in Ukraine, and another 30 organizations are in the process of such certification. This was announced by the head of Mine Countermeasures Departmen, deputy chief of the Main Mine Countermeasures, Read More …
A shell of a rocket launcher apparently accidentally exploded at a home in a remote village in southern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least eight people, including women and children, police said. At least two people were also wounded in Read More …
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal has announced that almost 40 countries and partner organizations agreed on the allocation of around $250 million, in particular, for special equipment needed for humanitarian demining. “Today, an area of around 174,000 square kilometers Read More …
Provincial authorities in Faryab report that two young shepherds lost their lives due to the explosion of a landmine in the Grizwan district of this province. The incident occurred Monday in the Grizwan district when the two shepherds, a 12-year-old boy Read More …
Cambodia concluded the first international humanitarian mine action exercise themed “Pure Homeland 2023” conducted within the framework of the ASEAN Defence Ministers-Plus on Friday. The first-of-its-kind multinational exercise, that began on September 13 at the Multinational Peacekeeping Force Training School Read More …
It’s not every day that a bomb is unearthed in Singapore, but a massive one just turned up at a construction site in Bukit Timah. Coming in at a whopping 100kg, the World War II aerial bomb will be detonated Read More …
In Shusha, a tractor was hit by a mine in the area under the control of the Azerbaijani Army, and one person was injured, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Press Service of the Mine Action Agency Read More …
In collaboration with the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in South Sudan, the 13th Chinese Peacekeeping Horizontal Engineering Company to the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) completed the task of destroying large quantities of expired ammunition recently in Wau Read More …
Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Constable Armstrong Regoso and Staff Sergeant Ansa Puaraua recently travelled to Nauru with the Australian Defence Force (ADF) on Operation Render Safe to conduct reconnaissance and survey reported explosive remnants of war. This was Read More …
A man was killed in the Kyiv region as a result of a car exploding an explosive device. The State Emergency Service reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. On September 20, rescuers received a report of a forest fire Read More …
Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic said on Wednesday that a major demining and forest restoration project has brought Croatia closer to declaring the Osijek-Baranja and Sibenik-Knin counties mine-free by the end of the year. He was speaking at the final conference Read More …
Ly Thuch, first vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), met with Indian ambassador Devyani Khobragade on September 19 to explore ways to bolster mine action cooperation between the two countries. The discussion highlighted various aspects Read More …
In war-torn areas of Ukraine, locals have been seeking new ways of detecting and detonating unexploded bombs before they result in death. Vitaliy showed off his prototype made on the base of a Hitachi excavator at a military training ground Read More …
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – As the sun set on a Friday night football game at San Clemente High School, a different kind of spectacle captivated the crowd during the football team’s military appreciation night, Sept. 8. Marine Read More …
532 hectares of Phnom Preah Chbar community forest and people’s land in Srey Snom district, Siem Reap province, have been cleared by CMAC of mines and other explosive remnants of war. Srey Snom District Governor Hun Rithy said at the Read More …
The Head of Coordination and Mine Clearance reported a grim statistic for 2023, revealing that 120 people have died, while another 250 individuals have injuries due to mine explosions and unexploded ordnance in the country. This alarming toll underscores the Read More …
A Bulgarian Navy specialist team destroyed a drone that had an 82mm high-explosive mortar attached to it, found near the village of Tyulenovo on Bulgaria’s northern Black Sea coast, according to a Defence Ministry statement on September 18. The find Read More …
Three shepherds from one family were killed Saturday in a landmine explosion in Iraq’s central province of Salahudin, a provincial police source said. The incident occurred when the shepherds took their sheep in a rugged area near the town of Read More …
