News – September 2025

  • Nigeria: FG moves to tighten control on IEDs materials

    September 16, 2025

    The Nigerian Government is stepping up efforts to curb the menace of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), which has remained the deadliest threat to troops and civilians in the North East. The National Coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Maj.-Gen. Adamu Laka, disclosed this at the specialised training for first responders and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) personnel ...

  • Cote d’Ivoire: EUSDI GoG boosts Ivorian Defense Against improvised explosives

    September 16, 2025

    The Spanish Canary Islands Command provides specialized training on the threat of improvised explosive devices in Cote d’Ivoire as part of the EU Security and Defence Inititiative in the Gulf of Guinea (EUSDI GoG). Far from home, under the demanding African sun, soldiers of Spain’s 16th Canary Islands Brigade carried out a mission that transcended military ...

  • Somalia: Defence, Security Ministers Approve National Plan to Counter IED Threats

    September 15, 2025

    Somalia’s Ministers of Defence and Internal Security on Monday took part in a high-level meeting to endorse the country’s new National Counter-IED (Improvised Explosive Devices) Strategy, aimed at curbing the deadly use of homemade explosives by armed groups. Also in attendance were the National Security Advisor and representatives from international partners, signaling broad-based support for the ...

  • Thailand: More than 2,400 mines, live shells found near Cambodian border

    September 15, 2025

    Bomb disposal experts have found 2,470 mines and other unexploded munitions on Thai soil near the border with Cambodia since the bilateral ceasefire agreement took effect on July 29. Col Siwa Wang-kat, spokesman for the Thailand Mine Action Centre, said its bomb squads found the landmines and artillery shells while combing the Phu Makua, Chong ...

  • Northern Ireland: PSNI carry out controlled explosion on ‘WW2-style device’

    September 15, 2025

    The PSNI has carried out a controlled explosion on a suspicious object in Co Londonderry. Army Technical Officers (ATOs) were called to the scene of the incident in Coleraine on Monday following reports of a suspicious object in the area. Police said the object was identified as a Second World War-style device. “A suspicious object discovered ...

  • Angola: Landmines an invisible enemy 23 years after civil war ended

    September 15, 2025

    The province of Cuando Cubango, recently divided into two new administrative districts – Cuando and Cubango – remains one of the most heavily mined areas in the country. Despite progress, the legacy of the prolonged war that pitted the MPLA government forces against the UNITA guerrilla movement remains embedded in the soil after 27 years of ...

  • UNOCT: Supporting Eastern Africa in countering terrorist use of improvised explosive devices

    September 12, 2025

    The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) will launch the project: “Supporting Eastern Africa in countering terrorist use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs)”, on 11 September 2025. By improving the application of legislative frameworks and building capacities of national authorities to prevent and respond to terrorist activities involving IEDs, the three-year project aims to enhance the ...

  • South Korea: Seven injured after training land mine explodes during reserve forces exercise in Jeju

    September 11, 2025

    A training land mine detonator exploded during a reserve forces exercise at an Air Force base in Seogwipo, Jeju, injuring seven people on Wednesday, according to the Air Force on Thursday. The explosion occurred during a training session and left six reservists and one instructor, a noncommissioned officer, with minor injuries such as cuts and ringing ...