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Every year on 4th April, the world celebrates the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UNMAS, in collaboration with the Congolese Mine Action…
The International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action - 4 April - this year fell on Easter Sunday, the most important of Christian festivals and celebrated by more than 1 billion people across the globe. In…
It was the most traumatic experience I’ve ever had. In the middle of the conflict, one thinks that one is prepared to face an accident, to be in a hospital or in a jail, but when I lost my hands, everything changed. I just…
In 2019, UNMAS recruited Asnath Konaté as Weapons and Ammunitions Management (WAM) Assistant in the Central African Republic. Before joining UNMAS, Asnath didn’t have any experience in WAM. However, after completing a series…
A week after its manual clearance operations began, a certified team from the civil humanitarian demining organization HUMANICEMOS DH found an anti-personnel mine with a pressure activation system in the Unión Cordillera…
Baghdad, 22 February 2021 – The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq welcomes an additional contribution of EUR 505,000 (approximately USD 617,000) from the Government of France renewing its commitment in…
Baghdad, 15 February 2021 – The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq welcomes an additional contribution of USD four million from the Federal Republic of Germany for the provision of clearance operations in…
What influenced you to work in explosive ordnance risk education (EORE) in Abyei? My journey started in 2004 in my country, Uganda. Given the historical background and the various conflicts which affected my country, many…
Juba, 20 November 2020 - On 20 November 2020, the Eighteenth Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and their Destruction…
On 21 November 2020, the Central African Republic inaugurated its first regional ammunition depot in Bouar in the presence of the President of the Republic, Mr. Faustin-Archange Touadera, the Prime Minister, Mr. Firmin…
Seventeen former combatants in the process of reintegration, belonging to the civil humanitarian demining organization HUMANICEMOS DH, passed the evaluations to carry out Non-Technical Surveys. These personnel will identify…
Mogadishu, 23 July 2020 - Explosive hazards continue to have an impact on the security siutation in Somalia. Over the past years, extremist groups have continued to use improvised explosive devices (IEDs) as the preferred…