SUDAN: Responding to the emergency needs of IDPs
Posted: 26th August 2008
Over the course of a two-week period in July, MAG delivered Mine Risk Education to more than 20,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) who had fled to Agok to escape the conflict in Abyei Town.
D.R. CONGO: Three days in the "Triangle of Death"
Posted: 22nd August 2008
Social networking websites
Posted: 19th August 2008
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ANGOLA: 'Vote in Safety' is MAG's election message
Posted: 18th August 2008
MAG has launched a special campaign in Angola to warn voters of the mine risks when the country’s first elections since 1992 take place on 5 September.
SUDAN: Maximising impact in Juba
Posted: 13th August 2008
The collaboration between Community Liaison and technical teams is integral to MAG's activities in southern Sudan.
GEORGIA: Unexploded ordnance poses high risk for civilians
Posted: 12th August 2008
MAG is deeply concerned about the security situation in Georgia and South Ossetia, and the potential humanitarian threat posed by abandoned and malfunctioning weaponry.
VIETNAM: Community Liaison makes a big impact in Quang Binh
Posted: 11th August 2008
The introduction of a Community Liaison team has made an immediate impact on the efficiency of MAG’s work to rid rural villages of items that pose an immediate danger to local communities.
IRAQ: MAG saves lives in Pirijan
Posted: 6th August 2008
MAG destroyed 326 hazardous items in the village of Pirijan during June and July, including landmines, fuses, mortars, shells, rocket-propelled grenades, hand grenades and 24mm bullets.
LEBANON: Recovery in Smaaieh
Posted: 4th August 2008
In the aftermath of the 2006 war, MAG operated 22 Battle Area Clearance teams in southern Lebanon. This work removed the threat of injury or death from dozens of villages. One of these villages was Smaaieh...
IRAQ: Mortars and ammunition removed from museum
Posted: 4th August 2008
MAG has safely removed and destroyed 16 mortars, two projectiles and three VS-50 anti-personnel mines in Sulaimaniyah, following an urgent request from Amna Sooraka museum.