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LIBYA: 22 houses declared safe, amongst 34 EOD tasks last week

Posted: 14th May 2012

MAG’s clearance teams found and removed 25,492 Explosive Remnants of War in Libya last week.

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MP visits MAG to discover more about mine action

Posted: 10th May 2012

The Chair of a new parliamentary group on landmines was in Manchester last week to discover more about humanitarian mine action and research into better methods of mine detection.

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LIBYA: A safe future for schoolchildren in Sirte – rocket, mortars and RPGs destroyed

Posted: 4th May 2012

Where can children still recovering from the effects of war play safely in a city that is littered with remnants of conflict, such as mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms ammunition?

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MAG calls for preventative action as Unplanned Explosions at Munitions Sites continue to rise

Posted: 26th April 2012

There have been more than 50 unplanned explosions in 34 countries since 2009, and five in the last four months alone.

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IRAQ: From minefields to wheat and barley farming

Posted: 23rd April 2012

Inhabitants of Chimany Saro, north-east of Kirkuk, who had been left poverty-stricken as a result of landmine contamination now have hopes of a better future.

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SOUTH SUDAN: Partnering with Save the Children to protect young refugees

Posted: 20th April 2012

MAG has provided life and limb-saving Risk Education to more than 8,000 children at the remote Doro refugee camp, most of them under the age of ten.

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SOMALIA: UK Secretary of State for International Development visits EOD teams in Puntland

Posted: 19th April 2012

A high-level delegation from the UK Government saw first-hand the vital work of a US-funded team that has already destroyed more than 12,500 items of unexploded ordnance.

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LEBANON: 'MAG's presence has brought us hope'

Posted: 19th April 2012

Hassan Hashem and his brother had been waiting to use their farming land for more than 20 years until MAG cleared it of cluster bombs and unexploded ordnance.

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BURUNDI: Living amongst ammunition

Posted: 16th April 2012

A joint MAG-Burundian Army team is helping to reduce the risks of deadly explosions posed to those who have little choice but to live close to ammunition depots.

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MAG lends a leg to landmine campaign

Posted: 23rd March 2012

MAG’s Nick Roseveare has joined Ban Ki Moon, world famous sports stars, landmine survivors and thousands of activists by ‘Lending a Leg’ to help stop the devastating effects of landmines.

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