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More bang for their buck: Enhancing the sustainability of surplus ammunition destruction programs
The Journal of CWD
Ruth Davidson helps break boundaries with school landmine workshop
Around 200 pupils from Year Six took part in a demonstration of landmine clearances with a dummy minefield created on the school grounds in Edinburgh, Scotland
Meet the Afghan women taking their country back—one land mine at a time
In Bamiyan, an all-female demining team provides jobs and hope
MAG teams up with Facebook to reduce casualties from ISIS mines in Iraq
Many landmine victims in the region are young boys
UK matches Zimbabwe landmine fund after Prince Harry tour
Prince Harry: "Landmines are an unhealed scar of war"
Managers gather for JMU course in global mine removal
Since 2004, 300 senior managers from all over the world have attended
Search and destroy: WPI students build a robotic system to find and safely detonate landmines
Student teams are developing an autonomous rover and payload-deploying drone to find and safely destroy hidden munitions that kill or maim as many as 20,000 people around the world each year
Trapped in the middle of a minefield in Iraq
Iraq is one of the world’s most landmine-affected countries
Prince Harry retraces Diana's footsteps through Angola minefield
Harry stressed the importance of international cooperation in the area
Global Gallop to help victims of landmines and explosive accidents
The funds raised will be used in countries such as Yemen and Afghanistan
Landmines planted by Houthis add to suffering of Yemeni civilians
Houthis have also used naval mines in fishing farms and areas
Second Rohingya killed in suspected landmine blast near Bangladesh border
Officials said the victim was Abdul Majid, a refugee in his 20s from Kutupalong, the world's largest refugee camp
Over two kilometers cleared of landmines in Angola
Demining is important for province development and promoting agriculture
Pressured by U.S., Colombians uproot coca plants, wary of landmines
So far this year, nine soldiers and civilians involved in coca eradication have been killed—mostly mutilated by landmine explosions
Israeli company could clear world’s minefields in just 10 years
Israel’s 4M Analytics has a minefield-location intelligence solution using machine learning, historic and dynamic datasets and software-guided robots
Ammunition stockpile management: A global challenge requiring global responses
The Journal of CWD
Wartime landmines still taking lives in Bosnia
Since 1996, a total of 55 Bosnian deminers and 673 civilians have been killed by exploding ordnance
Iraq: A photo essay
The Journal of CWD
CISR to address global landmine crisis with grant from U.S. Department of State
The course will focus on the management of conventional weapons destruction programs
Prince Harry will honor Princess Diana's humanitarian legacy on a "particularly significant" visit to Angola
The Duke of Sussex will follow in his late mother's footsteps on his upcoming trip to the country
Kabul attack claims life of iMMAP colleague
The attack claimed the lives of 16 people and injured 100 others, most of them Afghan civilians
EOD technician killed following explosion
Brandon Pinson was supervising one of FSD’s 12 teams in Iraq clearing IEDs left behind by the Islamic State
The impact of landmines and explosive remnants of war on food security: The Lebanese case
The Journal of CWD
Ninth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions
Due to lack of funds, the meeting was shortened to two days with translation in all six official languages
Barriers to peace: The deadly legacy of landmines and other weapons in post-conflict societies
JMU International Week
Establishment of the Explosive Ordnance Risk Education Advisory Group
Launched in May 2019, the group aims to raise the global profile of EORE
Landmines fuel migrant exodus in Myanmar’s north
‘Our villages are emptying. There are only babies and old people left.’
Hundreds of thousands of landmines remain from Korean War but serve no purpose
The U.S. and South Korea have not signed the Ottawa Treaty, citing the danger of a North Korean attack
Climbers in Dolomites injured after picking up First World War explosives
The Dolomites were the scene of high-level fighting in WWI
Drones in the desert: Augmenting HMA and socioeconomic activities in Chad
The Journal of CWD
Governmental and nongovernmental UXO stakeholders from Vietnam, Lao and Cambodia gather in Quang Tri province for Regional Cluster Munitions Remnants Survey Workshop
Quang Tri is one of the provinces with the heaviest contamination from cluster munitions and other UXO
Kyrgyzstan hosts 11th annual OSCE regional workshop on countering improvised explosive devices
Explosive hazards reduction and response: Countering improvised explosive devices
IEDs and urban clearance variables in Mosul: Defining complex environments
The Journal of CWD
Collaborative demining training in Cambodia
The Journal of CWD
Angola’s path forward for security and economic development
Weapons management and humanitarian demining
Stemming the flow of weapons to conflict areas in Africa’s Great Lakes region
Marking, tracing and training
U.S. helps peacekeepers avoid deadly explosive hazards through the Global Peace Operations Initiative
Effort to reduce peacekeeper casualties is improved preparation and training on counter-IED threat mitigation, explosive ordnance disposal, and conventional munitions disposal
IED threat consistency and predictability in Fallujah: A 'simple' model for clearance
The Journal of CWD
Worst month for Afghan civilians in over eight years of casualty recording
Of the civilians killed and injured in Afghanistan last month by explosive weapons, 89% were from IEDs
Breaking the vicious cycle of landmines and instability in Myanmar
Mines are regularly used by ethnic armies in rural ambushes and also for the defense of pockets of rebel-controlled territory in the countryside
Thailand starts destroying thousands of landmines
A total of 3,133 anti-personnel mines will be destroyed between Aug 6–10
The challenge of managing mine action in Jordan
The Journal of CWD
We want your photos!
To Walk the Earth in Safety seeks content for the next annual report
2019 Global Explosive Ordnance Disposal Symposium and Exhibition
August 6–8
For Afghan civilians, road between life and death is narrow—and mined
Diplomats have struggled to move to the next step of the peace process—direct negotiations between the Taliban and other Afghans
Accidents and field medical provision
The Journal of CWD
4 Syrian soldiers killed in landmine explosions in Sweida province
A total of 120 people had been killed by landmine explosions in the country since February
Women after war: “We want to rebuild our lives”
Two years after ISIL ceded territory in Iraq, these courageous women are clearing mines on their journey back home
The challenges of conflict reporting—when injuries from explosive weapons don’t make the news
In Syria, injuries often go unrecorded
Zimbabwe on track to clear landmines by 2025
Operations are ongoing by the Mine Clearance Squadron of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces in the area where landmines are most severe
Booby-traps and anti-handling devices: Common tactics
The Journal of CWD
Syrian conflict: Helping children through the horror of bomb blasts
Many children given prosthetic limbs require surgery every year or so to ensure they are not in pain
Land mines still claiming victims in Turkey
Seasonal factors such as rainfall or wind can cause soil to shift naturally, also causing land mines to shift
Army researchers building ‘smart’ land mines for future combat
The Army also wants the mines to be able to not just blow up when something rumbles by but also detect, track and engage threat vehicles
Fulfilling Secretary Pompeo’s pledge to increase demining support for Iraqi minority communities
U.S.-funded mine clearance efforts are having a tangible impact on the ground in Ninewa province
JMU grad receives prestigious State Department fellowship
Daniel Gurley continues legacy of fallen U.S. diplomats through post-conflict assistance
Minefield Clearance and Casualties – Holland 1945 – Military Operational Research Unit Report No.7
The Journal of CWD
Landmine kills 11 pilgrims in southern Afghanistan
22 children and eight women were among another 34 women and children who were critically wounded
ITF Enhancing Human Security in Serbia
The Journal of CWD
Unexploded World War II bombs may still be buried at Pompeii
Seven to 10 unexploded bombs may await archaeologists in unexcavated parts of Pompeii
NPA humanitarian disarmament director visits Quang Tri, confirming continued support to UXO clearance and capacity development
Deputy Governor Hoang Nam met with Per Håkon Breivik at the Office of Quang Tri Province People’s Committee
Japan’s commitment to a landmine-free world
The HALO Trust held an event in Tokyo in June to call attention to the work that still needs to be done
Mineland, the Endless War: A Photo Essay
The Journal of CWD
Removing landmines in Sinjar, Iraq
Improvised landmines lie on the ground on the hills of Sinjar
Iraq landmines: A legacy of decades of conflicts
Al Jazeera looks at how Iraq has been left littered with unexploded booby traps after decades of wars
Spot Report by OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
Beginning of disengagement at Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area
U.S. assistance to clear landmines in Colombia
The U.S. is a leading supporter for OAS support to Colombia unexploded ordnance clearance
Angola pledges $60m to fund landmine clearance in national parks
Without new funding, Angola will miss its target of clearing all landmines by 2025
Mysterious explosion in a German cornfield was probably a WWII bomb
Undiscovered bombs can often explode without outside forces acting on them, as their detonators decompose over time
Arsenal fire in Kazakhstan injures 46, prompts evacuation
The fire at the sprawling ammunition depot triggered powerful explosions
On the scourge of landmines in Yemen
Statement by U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy
Workshop participants told that Quang Tri is on track to be the first province in Vietnam declared UXO “impact free”
Authorities host workshop to evaluate the 2016–2020 mine action plan
North Carolina beachgoer finds military ordnance at beach, brings home to put in garden, police say
No one was injured from the device
In Yemen conflict, some see a new age of drone warfare
Iran is also turning some target drones into low-tech weapons for its proxies
Land mines are a tool of terror that must be stopped
Nearly 80 percent of land mine deaths and injuries are civilians
Workers find WWII-era unexploded ordnance in Okinawa seabed
600 unexploded pieces of ordnance are processed on Okinawa each year
Landmine crisis in Yemen brings JMU professor to Capitol Hill
A plea to the international community
U.S. demining support enables access to desperately needed food aid at Yemen’s Red Sea Mills
Yemeni officials estimate that Houthi forces have laid over one million landmines and IEDs across Yemen
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Landmines, a disturbing reminder of war
U.N. says more than 70 percent of mines still under rubble in Iraq post-ISIS
Unexploded weaponry is the most significant challenge Iraqi authorities face regarding the return of displaced people to their areas
Angola in need of $300 million to clear land mines
In 2017, the country managed to clear about 1.2 square kilometers and destroyed about 3,546 landmines
Meet the man charged with ridding war zones of landmines
Guy Petts travels the world making places safe from life-threatening unexploded landmines
Interviews with HMA Directors: Dr. Jane Cocking
The Journal of CWD
Local authorities locate bomb partly dismantled by scrap metal collectors
Residents of Hoang Ha village were shocked to discover that someone had brought a big bomb to their community for reckless and dangerous dismantling
Interviews with HMA directors: Allan Vosburgh
The Journal of CWD
Women ambassadors visit Project Renew–NPA's all-woman, clearance team
Since October 2018, the team has found and safely destroyed 275 dangerous ERW
The machines clearing ISIS’s deadly landmine legacy in Iraq
Demining machinery is used for excavation, sifting, crushing, spreading and searching
900 landmines detonated in Qasr al Yahud on the Jordan River
IDF Combat Engineering and NGO Halo Trust are in the process of demining 6,500 landmines from church compounds near Jericho
Explosive ordnance disposal team performs detonation during Exercise Global Dragon 2019
Controlled live detonations help airmen prepare for scenarios that they may encounter while providing support to their local communities and while deployed
Contamination in Eastern Ukraine: Observations by OSCE
The Journal of CWD
Interviews with HMA directors: Ambassador Stefano Toscano
The Journal of CWD
Children in crisis-torn eastern Ukraine ‘too terrified to learn’ amid spike in attacks on schools
Schoolchildren are bearing long-lasting mental and physical scars from the conflict
The challenges of humanitarian mine clearance in Ukraine
The Journal of CWD
Man killed, 1 wounded by landmines in northern Shan state
Lone San Jam suffered wounds to his leg, body and hand, and died on the way to a hospital
Interviews with HMA directors: Arianna Calza Bini
The Journal of CWD
Tackling landmines globally
Smarter thinking about where to focus demining efforts can transform lives
World War II bomb in Hamburg prompts evacuation
Those living within a 500-meter radius of the bomb were ordered to evacuate
Falkland Islands land mines – Watch how they are cleared and blown up
This is the team clearing a hoard of the 25,000 land mines laid by Argentine forces
Ukraine's newly adopted mine action law: What does this mean for HMA programs?
The Journal of CWD
Landmine explosion kills seven children in Afghanistan
Years of conflict have left Afghanistan strewn with landmines, unexploded mortars, rockets and homemade bombs
Endangered moon bear photographed in Korean border zone peppered with landmines
This heavily mined no man’s land is 150 miles long and 2.5 miles wide
Project RENEW joins with Quang Tri province authorities and other mine action organizations in meeting with U.S. Senators on explosive remnants of war
Each NGO representative introduced themselves and spoke briefly about the involvement of their organization
Afghan boy dances away the horror of landmines
He lost his leg to an explosive landmine
Meet the robot that cleans up warzones by defusing landmines
The founder of Demine Robotics is using technology to reduce the number of live landmines in the ground
Humanitarian mine action increases demining capacity in Morocco
The HMA program is designed to assist allied and partner countries in reducing landmines and explosives that threaten the civilian population
Political obstacles cannot be used as an excuse for not ensuring effective mine action
Switzerland has continuously supported mine action in BiH since 2003
Explosive hazards in Mosul a major threat for years to come
Western Mosul was the part of the city most damaged by the battle against IS and where the most explosives were left behind
Clearing landmines in Ukraine, one careful step at a time
Ukraine is one of the most mine-affected countries in the world, posing a serious threat to civilians crossing the contact line
Armed groups seizing thousands of weapons and millions of rounds of ammunition from non-U.N. peace operations
More than 25 organizations apart from the U.N. have deployed more than 100 peace operations to date
When Flowers Fall on the Rain: Plucking out landmines with music
The album will have all proceeds donated to Landmine Relief Fund
Meet the women who detonate land mines in Colombia’s former war zones
Leftover explosives haunt towns and farms, where land mines were once planted by the guerrillas to ambush their enemies
Tree farmer reports a 750-pound bomb found in acacia forest near La Vang Catholic church
The bomb was identified as an air-dropped M117 series filled with 385 pounds of Tritonal explosive
Yemen: Houthi landmines kill civilians, block aid
Cease use of banned weapons; expand and improve demining
Jevit the robot detects and removes landmines
Jevit is a remote-controlled robot that is used after a field is suspected of holding mines
16th International Mine Action Symposium held in Slano
170 participants from 31 countries from Europe, Asia, and North and South America attended
The founding story of Spirit of Soccer
"Instead of picking up guns, we pick up footballs”
Westminster teen dedicates life to removing land mines through Marshall Legacy Institute
“It really makes me want to advocate for the people in different countries who have to deal with this fear of land mines”
Clearing land mines may cause lasting environmental damage, study says
A study by an Iraqi researcher shows high levels of toxic metals in areas where mines have been cleared
Marine Corps bomb squad called out to Cape Lookout for unexploded ordnance, park says
Park rangers met with USMC Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians who disposed of it safely
To Walk the Earth in Safety 2019
New U.S. Government report showcases U.S. global leadership in landmine clearance and conventional weapons destruction
Cause for celebration
U.S. support helps Zimbabwe clear deadly explosive hazards and opens paths to opportunity
Shell found on East Preston beach destroyed in controlled explosion
The bomb could not be reached initially due to the tide
Trialing 3D-printed bespoke orthotics to refugees with Humanity and Inclusion
The long term goal of this project is to create digital manufacturing hubs that can support better provision of bespoke prosthetic and orthotic devices to people who live in refugee camps in East Africa
Frasure-Kruzel Drew Memorial Fellows have the opportunity to participate in conferences and visit demining sites all around the world
Fellow Laura Barela visited an NPA and ITF clearance site in Albania
Post-Conflict Recovery Week
Between two worlds: Refugees, asylum seekers, and U.S. policy in 2019
Explosive violence in February 2019
Syria was the country worst impacted
Old land mines threaten farmers and livestock in Eastern Zimbabwe
Even if people stay away, livestock wander the area freely and sometimes die after detonating mines
Kosovo resumes bid to clear country of land mines
Demining only takes place in the warmer months
JMU Giving Day through the years
This year CISR plans on continuing its support of the JMU community by setting aside part of the funds raised to the newly recognized student organization Dukes for Demining and Peace
To Walk the Earth in Safety: Gambia ratifies the Convention on Cluster Munitions
The 17th edition summarizes U.S. conventional weapons destruction programs
About Hero Hounds
JMU hosts demonstration of mine-detecting dogs

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