The UN children’s agency (UNICEF) and Burma’s government reiterated their goal of spending $5.9 million this year on landmine risk education, victims’ assistance, capacity-building and other related projects as a ceremony was held yesterday to mark International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.
An untold number of disabled veterans live in army-built communities, struggling to support their families on government allowances.
A workshop on the dangers of landmines is being held in the Karen State capital Hpa-an for the first time under arrangement by the regional government.
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One person was killed and another injured when a landmine exploded near a village in Kachin State.
A landmine blast in northern Shan State’s Kyaukme District killed one person and injured seven others, local sources said on Thursday.
The incident occurred just days after two tourists and their guide were injured by a landmine in the same area.
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Across Burma, landmines pose a daily threat, but five years after the transition to democracy began, there is still no official clearance programme.
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Local residents in Karenni State are demanding that the government begin clearing the landscape of landmines placed around Lawpita electricity towers.
