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Mozambique:
Gaza Declared Free of Land Mines
AIM, 20 December 2012
All 11 districts of the southern Mozambican province of Gaza have been declared free of land mines, following an assessment made by the National Demining Institute (IND), in… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Japan Increases Support for Demining
AIM, 15 June 2012
The Japanese government is to donate 2 million US dollars to support training and capacity building at Mozambique's National Demining Institute (IND). The funds will also be used… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Help for Landmine Victims Hard to Come By
UNIRIN, 5 November 2009
Helena Numaio was 12 years old in 1990 when she lost both her legs and a finger in a landmine explosion while collecting firewood in the Moamba district of Maputo Province,… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Demining - the Devil is in the Detail
UNIRIN, 3 November 2009
The conversations of deminers are often illustrated with sketches on the reverse side of old reports or the toe of a boot drawing lines in the sand to show how a single mine can… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Sofala Tensions Hinder Demining
AIM, 10 December 2013
The NGO Handicap International, which runs demining operations in Mozambique, has admitted that it is unable to complete the clearance of mines this year in the three million… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Demining is Not a Never Ending Story
UNIRIN, 27 October 2009
Mozambique's effort to become the first of the world's major mine-contaminated countries to be declared mine-free is faltering on the home straight. Read more »
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Mozambique:
40 Districts Still to Be Demined
AIM, 11 July 2012
40 of Mozambique's 128 districts are still at risk from anti-personnel land mines, and the government is committed to doing all in its power to eliminate these devices by 2014. Read more »
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Mozambique:
Sixteen Million Square Metres Still to Be Demined
AIM, 4 July 2012
Mozambique's National Mine Action Plan resulted in freeing 728 dangerous areas of anti-personnel land mines in the 2008-2011 period, according to Foreign Minister Oldemiro Baloi. Read more »
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Mozambique:
Continued Vigilance Against Land Mines Urged
AIM, 5 April 2012
Mozambique's Deputy Foreign Minister, Henrique Banze, on Wednesday urged communities to remain vigilant against the threat from land mines. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Giant Rats Sniff Out Land Mines and TB
RNW Africa, 2 January 2012
Femi scratches at the moist surface. Something metallic appears from beneath the soil. A dry clicking sound makes her run to her trainer, who gives her a piece of banana. The young… Read more »
