UN official says it could take 14 years to clear debris in Gaza
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The vast amount of rubble including unexploded ordnance left by Israel’s devastating war in the Gaza Strip could take about 14 years to remove, a United Nations official said on Friday. Israel’s military campaign against Gaza’s ruling Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has reduced much of the narrow, coastal territory of 2.3 million […]
The Long Read: In Ukraine, land mines left by Russian forces pose a deadly threat
GERRY DOYLE, HAN HUANG and JACKIE GU, of Reuters, investigate…
Soils of war: The toxic legacy for Ukraine’s breadbasket
ROD NICKEL, of Reuters, reports on the damage being done to previously fertile farmland in Ukraine…
Cambodia deploys new batch of rat recruits to sniff out landmines
Preah Vihear, CambodiaReuters Cambodia has deployed its next generation of rat recruits to sniff out landmines as part of efforts to boost de-mining operations in a country plagued for decades by unexploded ordnance. Twenty African giant pouched rats were recently imported from Tanzania and have undergone intense training. A mine detection rat sniffs for landmines […]
ARMAMENTS: TURNING BOMBS INTO BRACELETS AS LAOS VILLAGERS WAIT FOR SAFE LAND
RINA CHANDRAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…