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According to the 2025 Landmine Monitor report, Myanmar recorded the highest number of casualties globally in 2024 due to landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW). The report states deaths and injuries more than doubled in a year as conflict Read More …
Myanmar has for the second consecutive year recorded the world’s highest number of landmine casualties (2,029), which is double the total reported for the preceding year. Syria had the second highest number of casualties (1,015), followed by Afghanistan (624) and Read More …
The global ban on antipersonnel landmines saves civilian lives but faces serious threats from countries leaving the treaty and new landmine use, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing the “Landmine Monitor 2025” report. Member countries should take immediate and Read More …
Civilian deaths and injuries from landmines and explosive remnants of war have risen to their highest level in four years, according to the Landmine Monitor 2025 report launched in Geneva on Monday. It documents 6,279 casualties in 2024. Children remain Read More …
More children are being killed and injured by explosive weapons than at any point in modern history, a landmark report has found. It finds that explosive weapons – mainly state owned – were responsible for more than 60 per cent Read More …
Tatmadaw has fully regained control of Kyaukme Township in Shan State (North) after conducting counter-terrorism operations to ensure the safety and stability of local people. Tatmadaw, in cooperation with residents has been implementing reconstruction efforts to restore normal administration and Read More …
Myanmar, Pekon. Banyar* was 25 when he lost a leg in a landmine explosion. Dependent on crutches to get around, he felt cut off from daily life. In Myanmar, explosive ordnance continue to severely harm civilians as they go about Read More …
In the first six months of this year, at least 18 people — 17 Bangladeshis and one Rohingya — were wounded in landmine explosions on the Myanmar side of the border. Two Rohingyas were killed and six others wounded last Read More …
Landmine detonations along the Bangladesh- Arakan border have resulted in at least five fatalities and 44 injuries during the previous eight years, according to a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) officer. According to Bangladeshi media, the remarks were made by the Read More …
When a middle-aged man went into the forest in Ann Township, Rakhine State, to collect bamboo shoots, he stepped on a landmine and lost a leg. U Thein Shwe (31), who hails from Nga Letkya Village in Ann Township, Tat Read More …
MAG has launched an emergency response to help keep people safe from landmines and explosive ordnance that pose a lethal threat in areas devastated by the earthquake in Myanmar. Following last Friday’s 7.7 earthquake, an emergency explosive ordnance risk education Read More …
The First Vice-President of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) and president of the Ottawa Convention for 2024 Ly Thuch reaffirmed his commitment to continuing communication with relevant parties and assisting in mine clearance efforts in Myanmar, Read More …
In Monywa Township, Sagaing Region, military trucks carrying reinforcements and junta soldiers left to clear mines were assaulted, reportedly killing ten soldiers and injuring three others. On September 19, around 11:30 AM, two military trucks carrying reinforcements to Chaung-U were Read More …
Russia, Myanmar, and Ukraine have used antipersonnel landmines in the past year, and armed groups used them in at least five countries, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing Landmine Monitor 2023, the annual report about the international treaty to Read More …
A top official of the United Nations Mine Action Service has appealed to the world to stop using cluster munitions. UNMAS director Ilene Cohn spoke to NHK on Friday while visiting Tokyo. Both Russia and Ukraine have been using cluster Read More …
The war zone has expanded in the two years since the putsch in Myanmar, and so have the number of minefields. Both Myanmar military and resistance forces use mines to attack each other. And it is an important weapon for Read More …
Four people were killed in eastern Myanmar on Thursday after a series of car bombs exploded at a pagoda where a crowd had gathered to mark the start of the Buddhist new year, a rescue worker and a security source Read More …
A bomb blast at a railway station in Myanmar’s Bago region killed three people and injured nine more. The device exploded at around noon on Monday at the station in Nyaunglebin town. Read more… Source: RFA news
The Myanmar military regime reported on Sunday that it had arrested seven men it said were members of the People’s Defense Force (PDF) in Yangon’s Hlaing Township who were involved in the assassinations of 15 junta-linked individuals including veterans and Read More …
With a loaded cartridge holder strapped to her back and a shotgun gripped tightly in her hands, Rose Lalhmanhaih looks far older than her 17 years. Just two years ago, she was studying at school; now she is a rebel Read More …
