Mine Action Update, May 2023 [EN/AR]

Impact of Landmines and ERW on Civilians in Hudaydah

In May, UNMHA recorded eight landmine and explosive remnants of war (ERW) incidents, resulting in ten civilian casualties in the Hudaydah governorate. This is a 68 percent decrease compared to May 2022 and 23 percent decrease compared to the previous month. Casualties were primarily reported in Ad Durayhimi, Bayt Al Faqih and At Tuhayta districts.

Countrywide, ERW had caused 121 civilian casualties in the first quarter of 2023, which is a 13 per cent quarter-on-quarter decrease. About half of these casualties were reported in the Hudaydah governorate. Since the frontline in Hudaydah shifted to the south allowing greater freedom of movement for civilians in late 2021, Hudaydah has registered the highest ERW casualties in Yemen. (Source OCHA)

The Yemen Mine Action Coordination Center (YMACC) in Aden reported that it had cleared 9,725 sqm and defined almost 1.5 million sqm of new hazardous areas in May in the southern districts of the governorate. The Yemen Executive Mine Action Centre (YEMAC) in Sana’a reported that it had marked 75,012 sqm as new minefields and cleared 38,215 sqm of contaminated areas, finding, collecting and destroying a total 52 landmines, 9 IEDs and 478 of other ERW in the northern districts of the governorate.