landmines

Igor Klymenko is enjoying his first year at the University of Alberta. He recently moved to Edmonton from war-torn Ukraine but his journey has been filled with ups and downs. “When I was sheltering in the basement with my family, each…

Issued on: 21/09/2022 - 16:44 Since early April, a tenuous truce has brought a pause to the fighting between Houthi rebels and pro-government forces in Yemen. However, truce…

WASHINGTON: The US State Department has approved US$89 million worth of assistance to help Ukraine equip and train 100 teams to clear landmines and unexploded ordnance for a year, an official said on Tuesday (Aug 9). The funding is the…

Issued on: 19/06/2022 - 15:44 A UN peacekeeper was killed by a mine Sunday in restive northern Mali as he was participating in a patrol, the head of the UN's MINUSMA Mali…

Issued on: 06/05/2022 - 18:16 When the Russian army withdrew from northern Ukraine they scattered landmines across fields and left hand-grenades and trip wires in peoples’…

Learning to identify and defuse explosives is something Anastasiia Minchukova never thought she would have to do as an English teacher in Ukraine. Yet there she was wearing a face shield, armed with a landmine detector and venturing…

Actress Rosamund Pike has backed a campaign to help a team of women clear unexploded landmines in Laos.The Gone Girl star has urged people to donate to the Unlock the Land appeal, from the Mines Advisory Group (MAG), which…

International Day for Mine Awareness is observed annually on April 4 to increase attention among people regarding assistance for mine action work, raise awareness about landmines and the threats to the safety of humans and work towards…

Cambodia’s landmine-sniffing rat Magawa, who found more than 100 landmines and explosives during a five-year career, has died at the age of 8, leaving a lasting legacy of saved lives in the Southeast Asian nation.Magawa, who died over the…

<!-- -->Magawa, who retired in June 2021, received a gold medal in 2020 for "lifesaving bravery".Phnom Penh: Cambodia's landmine-sniffing rat Magawa, who found more than 100 landmines and explosives during a five-year career, has died…