Though Angola’s civil war ended in 2002, the legacy of this quarter-century long conflict means that, for much of the population, daily tasks like fetching water or walking to school can end in tragedy.

Luzi is a village in the eastern province of Moxico. Like many communities in this war-torn part of the country, Luzi was heavily fought over by Government and UNITA forces during the war. Residents began to flee in the 1980s as a result, seeking refuge in neighbouring Zambia, and by 1995 the village had been deserted.

Hoang Thi Hai Ly has been working as a deminer for the last 12 of her 43 years, and knows as well as anyone the damage that landmines cause.

Her family lives in Charlie One hill, which had been an American military base in the Gio Linh district of Quang Tri province during the Vietnam War. Here, she shared a small one-room house with her sick husband, their year-old child, her father and her brother's family. It was the only house in the area and it was surrounded by thousands of mines and cluster munitions.

MAG teams have set up camp in Kimodonge village, in the Eastern Equatoria state of South Sudan in a bid to make the area safe for the community.

Mines Advisory Group removes landmines and other munitions near border crossing and provides risk education for new arrivals.

A new development project is taking place on former minefields in northern Iraq, bringing hope of a better future in a region that suffered tremendously under the Saddam Hussein regime.

The village of Dasht Mir Sari in Dohuk governorate was destroyed by Saddam Hussein’s military in 1986, during the genocidal Anfal campaign against the mainly Kurdish population of northern Iraq.

MAG delivers a range of projects globally dealing with different aspects of human security issues and humanitarian disarmament, which provide appropriate responses in post-conflict countries through Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) destruction projects as well as Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) activities. This coordinated and integrated approach supports states in their development of sustainable solutions to armed violence, and contributes to global efforts that reduce the daily threat posed by explosive weapons to civilians in populated areas.

Période concernée: 01 Octobre – 31 Octobre 2012

Résumé des résultats quantitatifs :
- Collecte de 1025 armes, 6900 chargeurs, 2331 munitions, 491328 cartouches, 95,8 kg d’explosifs et 12740 divers obsolètes ou en mauvais état dans les stocks de la FDN.
- Destruction de 1144 armes, 6900 chargeurs, 1488 munitions, 500254 cartouches, 394 Kg d’explosifs et 292 divers, obsolètes ou en mauvais état dans les stocks de la FDN.

MAG delivers a range of projects globally dealing with different aspects of human security issues and humanitarian disarmament, providing appropriate responses in post-conflict countries through Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) destruction projects as well as Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) activities. This coordinated and integrated approach supports states to develop sustainable solutions to armed violence, and is an essential contribution to global efforts to reduce the daily threat posed by explosive weapons to civilians in populated areas.

Ten-year-old Muhammad’s story shows how lethal munitions can find their way into homes...

Muhammad lives in Rujban, in the Western Mountains, a region that was the scene of heavy fighting during the revolution last year [BBC website: Libya's Western Mountains – the 'forgotten war'].

In this area, like many other parts of Libya, the war's explosive legacy continues to be felt.