CISR News Archive: September 2020 - JMU

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The work of the Mine Detection Dog Center in Bosnia & Herzegovina
September 29, 2020: The bond and friendship established between the man and the dog, besides the high-quality training they both go through, is a guarantee of their success as a team until the dog is eight to nine years old
U.S. Air Force is designing a laser weapon capable of clearing landmines and bombs from almost 1,000 ft. away
September 29, 2020: It will be able to detonate cluster bombs, landmines, and thick-cased artillery
Anti-submarine devices found on beach near Weston-super-Mare
September 28, 2020: A U.K. beach walker discovered the torpedoes
Developing a sustainable national training capacity: Non-technical survey training in Colombia
September 25, 2020: The Journal of CWD
Three bombs removed and half a million gets access to water
September 24, 2020: The explosive hazard problem in Iraq is complex and extensive
Afghan army defused 4,776 improvised bombs, landmines in six months
September 23, 2020: A teenage girl was killed and 25 civilians were wounded in two IED explosions in two provinces over the weekend
Impact of community-based dissemination of the law on persons with disabilities in Vietnam
September 21, 2020: Persons with disabilities were provided an opportunity to take part in social activities, helping improve their spiritual lives
Two Norwegian People's Aid staff died in tragic accident in the Solomon Islands
September 20, 2020: There has been an explosion with fatal consequences
Hopes of a landmine-free Croatia in 2026 at risk, deminers claim
September 17, 2020: Twenty-five years after the war ended, Croatia has still not been fully cleared of landmines and unexploded ordnance—and deminers claim that the target of a mine-free country by 2026 could be jeopardized by government
Syrian Network for Human Rights becomes an official member of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines–Cluster Munition Coalition
September 17, 2020: Cluster munitions use by the Government of Syria has been ongoing and more than 80 percent of global casualties since 2010 have occurred in the country
Understanding the logic of rebel restraint on landmine use
September 15, 2020: The Journal of CWD
Huge blast rocks Jordan military arms depot
September 13, 2020: The blast in the city of Zarqa sparked a large fire, but there were no reports of casualties
U.S. support for landmine clearance restores agriculture in Tajikistan
September 13, 2020: Using the mini-Mine Wolf to clear land and to find explosive hazards has proven to be a dramatically safer and more effective method to carry out demining along Tajikistan’s heavily mined border with Afghanistan
Safelane Global donation changes the lives of two Vietnamese families injured by explosive ordnance
September 9, 2020: Triple amputee now lives with new hope and confidence thanks to recent improvements to his home made possible by a donation
Seventh Mine Action Technology Workshop: A space for innovation
September 9, 2020: The Journal of CWD
Landmine blast kills four Yemeni civilians
September 8, 2020: The area had been heavily planted by landmines of the Houthi rebel group
16-year-old Angolan landmine activist and victim educates her community on the risks of unexploded ordnance
September 8, 2020: After losing her right arm and eyesight in a landmine accident, Deolinda “Minga” Tchihnga teaches others to recognize, avoid and report threats of explosives
Alert farmer reports cluster bomb while dredging water trench
September 7, 2020: It was identified as a BLU-26 which is extremely unstable and dangerous
Angola: Cacolo/Alto Chicapa road cleared of landmines
September 3, 2020: Among the devices removed were two RPG-7 projectiles, an 82 MM mortar, more than 500 ammunitions of various calibres and explosive devices
Saudi project saves Yemenis from Houthi landmines
September 3, 2020: The project has 32 demining teams

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