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NIGER: Army seizes outlawed anti-personnel mines

Saturday, August 30, 2008

The Niger army says it has seized a stockpile of more than 1,000 anti-personnel landmines it found abandoned on the Niger-Chad border. If confirmed...

SENEGAL: Landmines claim new victims in Casamance

Monday, May 05, 2008

The Association of landmines' victimes in Ziguinchor stands up for the rights of landmine victims.One man was killed and 20 passengers injured when a...

DRC: Hidden killers on the loose

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org

Friday, April 18, 2008

The full extent of the threat posed by landmines and other unexploded ordnance in the Democratic Republic of Congo is unknown but the deadly weapons...

MAURITANIA: Donor funds needed to clear landmines

IRIN

Friday, December 21, 2007

Some 400 km north of Nouakchott at the border with Western Sahara is the village of Boulanouar. Only the passing of trains transporting minerals out...

NIGER: Humanitarian access cut to north

IRIN

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Indiscriminately laid landmines, a sceptical government and a rebel group that has attacked aid workers are obstacles that will have to be overcome...

MALI: Indignation dominates reaction as attacks in north escalate

IRIN

Sunday, September 02, 2007

In a spate of attacks by armed militias in north-eastern Mali over the last week at least 35 soldiers have been kidnapped and 11 people killed by...