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On 29 January 2025, Luke Irving, Chief of the Mine Action Programme in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt), provided a detailed briefing on the growing threat of explosive ordnance in Gaza. The presence of unexploded…
Mine Action Update: Ukraine (Jan 2025) Ukraine is now one of the most mine-contaminated areas in the world. Landmines and explosive remnants of war continue to pose a grave threat to civilians, hinder agricultural development…
Life in a post-conflict context can change in an instant, especially when unexploded remnants of past conflicts resurface. This assertion is true of post-conflict regions in the Central African Republic (CAR) where some…
Introduction Safe Home is a six-episode online series following the journey of a young Iraqi woman named Ahlam, who works as a searcher with a demining NGO. As she clears dangerous lands of improvised explosive devices, she…
Since the escalation of hostilities in Gaza after 7 October 2023, explosive ordnance has become increasingly widespread throughout the Strip. Explosive Ordnance Disposal (also known as EOD) teams have encountered aerial bombs…