News – September 2025

  • Azerbaijan: 412 people have fallen victim to landmine explosions since 2020

    November 18, 2025

    Since the end of the 44-day War of 2020, 412 people have fallen victim to landmine explosions in Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said regarding the recent mine incident on the border with Armenia, Report informs. “Landmines continue to claim lives in Azerbaijan. Today, an employee of the Mine Action Agency of the Republic of ...

  • Cambodia: Humanitarian demining operation to strictly uphold sovereignty, territorial integrity, and mutual respect

    November 9, 2025

    The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) and the Thai Mine Action Centre (TMAC) held a technical meeting at 12:05 p.m. on Nov. 7 to assess a pilot area in the priority border zone for humanitarian demining operations, according to Lt. Gen. Maly Socheata, Spokeswoman of the Ministry of National Defence. The pilot area is located in ...

  • Mines in Croatia, the final step

    September 30, 2025

    Croatia began clearing 1,174 square kilometers of land in 1996, and since 1998 has done so with the support of several donors, including the European Union. With the “Croatian Safe Steps CROSS II” project, co-financed by the EU under the Competitiveness and Cohesion Programme, it will be able to declare itself mine-free by 2026. Since 1998, ...

  • Ukraine: Demining units of the Security and Defence Forces have neutralized over 1 million explosive devices

    September 30, 2025

    Since the onset of the full-scale war, demining specialists of the Security and Defence Forces have neutralized more than 1 million explosive devices. As reported by the Main Directorate for Mine Action, Civil Protection and Environmental Safety, nearly 6,500 km² of land have been surveyed, and inspections have been carried out on 9,691 km of roads, ...

  • The Lasting Promise of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention

    September 29, 2025

    The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, also known as the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC), is a landmark achievement in humanitarian disarmament. Negotiated in 1997 through the Ottawa Process and entering into force in 1999, the Convention is the product of a unique ...

  • Cambodia: US pledges $600,000 in demining support

    September 29, 2025

    The United States signed a Grant Cooperation Agreement worth $600,000 on Saturday to support Cambodia’s demining efforts over a five-month period from November to April next year. The funds will be funnelled through Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) to the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC). The deal was signed during a visit from US Congress members to ...

  • Ukraine: Over 1,000 more hectares cleared of Russian mines in Kherson region

    September 27, 2025

    Last week, demining teams cleared an additional 1,030.9 hectares of land on the right bank of Kherson region. According to the Kherson Regional Military Administration. “More than a thousand hectares of Kherson’s right bank have been cleared of Russian explosives,” the statement reads. It is noted that throughout the week, sappers inspected fields, bodies of water, ...

  • Iraq: Kurdistan Mine Action Agency Steps Up Efforts to Eliminate Explosive Threats

    September 26, 2025

    The Iraqi Kurdistan Mine Action Agency (IKMAA) has launched a two-week campaign to clear mines and explosive remnants of war across the Kurdistan Region. During the operation, hundreds of mines and munitions were safely defused and destroyed. Erbil Office Activities: In three separate operations in Choman and Diyana, within the Soran District’s Tourism Masterplan area, IKMAA ...