MUNICH, Sunday 16 February 2025: Major General James Cowan, CEO of the landmine charity The HALO Trust, has told the Munich Security Conference that any deal between Ukraine and the US that allows...
HALO Trust (HALO) Updates
Search
Refine the list with filters
Search helpList
Ukraine + 1 more
Ukraine's minefields must be a priority at Munich meeting
MUNICH, Friday 14 February 2025: Clearing the deadly debris of war should be a key goal of delegates at the Munich Security Conference, the head of the world's largest landmine clearance charity, The...
Syria landmine crisis spirals as millions begin to return home
DOWNLOADABLE CLEAN VERSION OF MAP + NORTH-WEST SYRIA B-ROLL Monday 3 February: The number of people killed and injured by landmines and other explosives left in the aftermath of the Syrian civil war...
Gaza Debris Management Framework - Version 6 of 29th January 2025

The enormous quantities of debris generated by the war on Gaza and use of explosive weapons in the Gaza Strip pose significant risks to human health and the natural environment. The amount of debris...
Legacy of Syrian war still causing mass death and injury, says landmine clearance charity

Thursday 9 January 2025: At least 80 civilians, including 12 children, have been killed by landmines and other explosive debris of war in the month since the Syrian strongman Bashar Al-Assad was...
Game-changing mine detector could speed up landmine clearance by 30 per cent - Saving tens of thousands of lives
An innovative new landmine detector from Australia may help to save tens of thousands of lives every year, according to the world’s largest landmine clearance charity The HALO Trust. Initial trials...
“So many people are walking into Syrian minefields – I've never seen anything quite like it”
Sunday 15 December: An international effort to remove millions of cluster munitions, landmines and unexploded munitions is urgently needed to protect the lives of hundreds of thousands of returning...
Clearing the Path: How technology is changing mine action

As we move further into the 21st century, the global challenges we face continue to evolve, but one constant remains—the devastating impact of landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW). These...
Angola + 1 more
A historic moment in US-Angola relations
A Presidential visit marking decades of bipartisan support that has made Angolans safe The first visit of an American President to Angola has sparked commentary about how the relationship between two...
HALO trust warns of new humanitarian catastrophe for Syria
Tens of thousands at risk from landmines as new wave of fighting triggers large population flight. AMMAN: The global landmine clearance charity The HALO Trust has issued a stark warning that...
World + 3 more
Children made up more than a third of landmine casualties in 2023
Children suffer a disproportionate burden from landmines, according to the latest global casualty rates released today. Ahead of a critical international landmine ban meeting that will see some 164...
World + 22 more
Clearing the Mines 2024 - Record-breaking mine clearance in 2023 identified by Mine Action Review

This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the historic and life-saving Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC). This core disarmament treaty prohibits all use, stockpiling, production and...
Trimble Expands Collaboration with The HALO Trust to Enhance Landmine Clearance Efforts Worldwide
WESTMINSTER, Colo., Nov. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) has announced its expanded support for The HALO Trust, the world's largest humanitarian landmine-clearance non-profit...
World + 59 more
Clearing the Mines 2024

Report for the Fifth Review Conference of States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention The Clearing the Mines 2024 report was prepared by Mine Action Review for the Fifth Review...
World + 9 more
Historic mine ban treaty at risk as clearance rates plummet amid escalating global conflict
Ukraine now ‘massively’ contaminated, says report The HALO Trust, the international landmine clearance organisation, has called for global recommitment to the Landmine Ban Treaty following a 10 per...
Syria + 1 more
Halo calls for emergency £1M as Syrians fleeing Lebanon return to land ridden with explosives
The global landmine clearance charity The HALO Trust has issued an emergency appeal for £1m to prevent former Syrian refugees returning from Lebanon encountering deadly munitions in their homeland. ...
World + 8 more
The women fighting illicit arms
On the eve of United Nations Disarmament Week, (October 24 – 30), it is clear that uncontrolled stockpiles of small arms continue to be at the epicentre of the world’s conflicts, and it is the local...
World Food Day 2024: Restoring Land, Reviving Livelihoods - The Path to Food Security in Ukraine
In the farmlands of Ukraine, residents face a harsh reality: their fields are littered with the debris of war instead of being sown with crops. The presence of landmines has devastated the Ukrainian...
Jebrail: A safe new town for Afghanistan

Ten years after HALO Afghanistan finished clearing mines near Herat city, a new district of 80,000 people is a refuge for Afghanistan's most persecuted community. Just northwest of the ancient Silk...
World + 1 more
Over 100 NGOs call on the government to prevent further UK aid cuts

Today, Wednesday 18 September, over 100 leaders of the UK international development, humanitarian and peacebuilding sector have come together ahead of the autumn budget, to urge the government to...