Cambodia unveils statue to honour famous landmine-sniffing rat The statue honours the late African giant pouched rat who sniffed out more than 100 landmines during his lifetime.

Cambodia unveiled the world’s first #statue honoring a landmine-detecting rat (w/photo) Friday. #Magawa the #rat lived to 8 years old and identified more than 100 #landmines and other explosives from 2016 to 2021.
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Cambodia unveils a statue of famous landmine-sniffing rat Magawa The statue honours the late African giant pouched rat who sniffed out more than 100 landmines during his lifetime.

"Magawa, who lived to eight years old, sniffed out over 100 #landmines and other #explosives in #Cambodia during his five-year career that started in 2016.": buff.ly/3eddqnM

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These Huge #Rats Can Sniff Out #LandMines | #nationalgeographic
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Yemen: Nearly 1,200 Child Casualties Since Truce Save the Children reports nearly 1,200 children killed or injured in Yemen; ~50% of child casualties from landmines and explosive remnants (Save the Children via Al Jazeera, Apr 2, 2026).

Yemen: Nearly 1,200 Child Casualties Since Truce: Save the Children reports nearly 1,200 children killed or injured in Yemen; ~50% of child casualties from landmines and explosive remnants (Save the Children via Al… 👈 Read full analysis #Yemen #ChildSafety #SaveTheChildren #HumanRights #Landmines

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The highly developed sense of smell and light weight of our African giant pouched rats, nicknamed #HeroRATs, make them excellent detectors of #landmines, tuberculosis and more.

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As Deputy Director of UNICEF he was a passionate & eloquent advocate for a ban on #landmines because of the harm they inflect on children. He & UNICEF were integral to the ban efforts which resulted in the #OttawaTreaty in 1997. #RIP Mr. Lewis. @minefreeworld.bsky.social @minesactioncan.bsky.social

🎓FSD was excited to visit the Institut Florimont in #Geneva several times over the past two weeks.

From how #landmines impact communities to how young people in Switzerland can help make a difference — it was great to exchange with such engaged and curious #students.

Raqqa Governor Abd al-Rahman Salama had previously met with officials from specialized mine-clearance engineering teams, stressing the need to intensify surveying and clearance operations according to clear timelines. These have yet to be announced.

#Raqqa #Landmines #UXO #SDF

US Land Mines Found Near Shiraz Kill Civilians in First Such Deployment in Decades Weapons experts identified American-made BLU-91/B anti-tank mines scattered near an Iranian missile base, drawing condemnation from human rights groups.

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MILITARY #LEADERS DO NOT FOLLOW #UNLAWFUL #ORDERS! DO NOT PUT OUR TROOPS ON THE #GROUND! TAKE THE STAND AGAINST #CRIMINALLY #INSANE & #INCOMPETENT #TrumpUnited #REGIME

Syrian children are defusing landmines with their hands. #scandinaviannewsagency #Syria #SyrianChildren #Landmines #Snnfinland

Around 90% of people harmed by #landmines are civilians, half of those are children.

APOPO’s detection animals are helping change this, clearing hidden explosives so communities can live safely again.

No one should risk their life just to walk home.

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More proof that the #Ottawa Treaty banning #landmines works! This is a great achievement by #Croatia and another good example of that mine action works thanks to donors like #Canada. @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social

Researchers are combining drones and AI to make removing land mines faster and safer#ArtificialintelligenceAI #Drones #Landmines #Technology

Croatia declared free of landmines after 31 years Interior Minister Davor Božinović announced Friday that Croatia is officially free of landmines. Thirty-one years after the end of the Homeland War, all known minefields have been cleared — a major mi...

#Croatia declared free of #landmines after 31 years

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🏷️ #Ukraine #Japan #Demining #Landmines

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I weep when I think of what it will take to clear Ukraine of the millions of landmines russia has deployed on Ukrainian soil. 😭
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Essay: New global study - long after war, injuries from landmines and explosives kill nearly four in 10 victims - Sight Magazine STACEY PIZZINO and MICHAEL WALLER, of the University of Queensland, look at what their research reveals...

Essay: New global study – long after war, injuries from landmines and explosives kill nearly four in 10 victims. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #landmines #mortars #grenades #landminedeaths #landmineinjuries #LandmineBanTreaty #IEDs #childrenandlandmines

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Work of @thehalotrust.bsky.social clearing #landmines and other explosive devices left behind by conflicts, managing weapons and teaching safety is invaluable - undoubtedly saving countless lives.

Pleased to learn more from them and support their work in such fraught times.

Ottawa 1997 – Warsaw 2026 – how one of the few agreements that actually worked failed Poland destroyed more than a million mines in 2016 and is now producing them again. Ten years was enough for that decision to become meaningless

Poland destroyed more than a million mines in 2016 and is now producing them again. Ten years was enough for that decision to become meaningless tomorrowsaffairs.com/ottawa-1997-...
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💥 Poland Withdraws from Global Landmine Ban Treaty to Bolster Eastern Defenses

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More Difficulties For The Ottawa Treaty Photo courtesy of WikiCommons Poland has become the latest country to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty and start manufacturing and possibly...

More difficulties for the Ottawa Treaty: canadiannewsblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/more... #landmines #MinesActionCanada

Laos Renews Call For Urgent UXO Removal As Casualties Persist PHNOM PENH, Feb 13 (Bernama) — Decades after the guns fell silent, unexploded ordnance (UXO) remains a daily threat in Laos, so much so that President Thongloun Sisoulith is renewing calls to hasten clearance efforts and bring an end to the legacy that continues to claim lives and hinder national development. In a special message, Sisoulith called for urgent national and international action on what he called the deadly remnants of the Second Indochina War (1964–1973). “Even today, these problems remain a severe threat to the lives and livelihoods of the Lao people. “After the war, we thought we would […]

Laos Renews Call For Urgent UXO Removal As Casualties Persist #Laos #UXO #ClearanceEfforts #LandMines #HumanRights

Syria's latest landmine tragedy isn't an accident. It's a cruel, predictable echo of countless post-conflict zones where cleanup funds vanish when the cameras do. #Syria #Landmines #WarCasualties

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87 killed, 333 injured in unexploded ordnance incidents in Afghanistan over past year - Yes Punjab News 87 killed, 333 injured by unexploded ordnance in Afghanistan in 2025; children most affected despite ongoing demining efforts.

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#Afghanistan #Landmines #UnexplodedOrdnance #ANDMA #UNAMA #ChildSafety #Demining #HumanitarianCrisis #MineAwareness #AfghanChildren

Cuts leave deadly mines in the ground and push hundreds of women out of work De-mining organisations forced to cut staff, many of whom were women, despite landmines littering Zimbabwe-Mozambique border

#Landmines #Global #development #Women #Trump #administration #USAID #Zimbabwe #Africa #World #news

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