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Since it was formed in October 2010, MAG’s Small Arms and Light Weapons
Team in South Sudan has removed more than 190,000 items of SALW and
unexploded ordnance. |
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A quick response to UXO saves lives
"We are a new country, with many problems," says the deputy headmaster of Magwi Central Primary School. "While others are here to make money, MAG is here only to help us and our children."
(2 August 2011)
Making Independence Day safe in Juba
MAG was asked by the Government of South Sudan to help clear unexploded ordnance from a large area in Juba, to make it safe for the thousands attending the declaration of independence ceremonies on 9 July. (7 July 2011)
Large SPLA stockpile destroyed, including 22 MANPADS
MAG’s Small Arms and Light Weapons Team in South Sudan has destroyed an SPLA stockpile of more than 9,000 dangerous items found on the border with northern Uganda. (1 July 2011)
New skills, resources and hope
Where only fear, death and destruction reigned, now income-generating crops are grown, new farming skills are learnt and a community is working together for a better future. (12 May 2011)
Conventional Weapons Management and Disposal report - April 2011 [PDF]
Download the latest global update on MAG's work in support of weapons and ammunition disposal and security.
Celebrating Mine Awareness Day in Kapoeta
“We learnt from the song that mines don’t care if we are fat or thin and they don’t care if we are big or small. Mines can kill every one of us – teachers, children, old people and even rich people,” explained Martha from Kapoeta Mixed Primary School's class P5... (5 April 2011)
From landmines to markets
The Sustainable Livelihoods and Mine Action project − SLAM − aims to promote improved and equitable development opportunities for conflict-affected communities in Western and Central Equatoria. (8 February 2011)
Conventional Weapons Management and Disposal report - Dec 2010 [PDF]
Download the latst global update on MAG's CWMD operations.
Supporting the safe resettlement of returnees
MAG is working to protect returnees coming back to southern Sudan ahead of January’s referendum. (23 December 2010)
UKaid funding continues to support landmine clearance
Vital funding from the UK Government is supporting MAG’s ongoing projects in Sudan, dedicated to saving lives by clearing landmines and other explosive remnants of war. (11 November 2010)
New hope for landmine survivor
“I thought I was a victim – MAG helped me realise that I’m a survivor! Stepping on that landmine changed my life. Working with MAG this week has changed my life again.” (3 November 2010)
Keeping children safe from landmines and UXO
Read how MAG's Community Liaison activities in southern Sudan reduce the risk to communities threatened by the remnants of conflict. (8 October 2010)
MAG has positive impact for returning refugees
"We did not know what to do if we faced any of these dangerous items, as we lived out of the country for so long” – Returning refugee Luka, from Okudo Maria village in Eastern Equatoria. (25 August 2010)
MAG Sudan starts countdown to national handover with a bang
MAG is to teach dozens of deminers and Sudanese partner staff Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) techniques at a unique course in Juba. (1 July 2010)
"They would come, survey and leave; come, survey and leave..."
Until MAG arrived, Justin Modi feared his land in southern Sudan would never be cleared of mines. (14 April 2010)
A teacher's message
A headteacher from southern Sudan explains the importance of MAG’s work for the future of his country. (1 April 2010)
Removing the threat of 'silent soldiers' in Central Equatoria
Landmines had been lying in wait for between 13 and 20 years in the fields of Peremasuk, threatening the limbs and lives of residents until MAG cleared the minefield. (1 March 2010)
PHOTO GALLERY: Celebrating five years of MAG in Sudan
This collection of images document MAG’s work in southern Sudan over the last five years, making land safe for communities to live and work in. (26 January 2010)
Hope for the future
"When I see MAG working in the area, it brings me happiness. This was a
minefield, full of landmines. If MAG had not cleared this area, the
mines would still be harming people and we could not live here." (7
December 09)
What do you do when your neighbour is a landmine?
In Eastern Equatoria, landmines and unexploded ordnance lie hidden in the ground, caves, former battle areas, piled in school classrooms and spread throughout the bush. (16 October 09)
MAG destroys two 500kg aircraft bombs
The two bombs found by Paul Brown of MAG Sudan’s Small Arms and Light Weapons team midway along the Yei-Juba road in Lainya County, Central Equatoria, were far from ordinary. (13 October 09)
Breaking down language barriers for refugees
A refugee who fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo last year is now helping to make sure MAG's vital safety messages are being understood by the thousands of displaced people at Lasu Payam camp. (9 June 09)
Field staff dig the garden with a difference
A new ‘Unexploded Ordnance/Mine Recognition Garden’ at MAG’s compound in Yei is promoting the safety of staff from other non-governmental organisations working in South Sudan. (12 May 09)
From battle area into clinic
MAG has cleared a former battle area surrounding a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Tuberculosis Clinic in South Sudan, enabling MSF to construct extra buildings to improve health facilities in the area. (29 April 09)
Partnership and dedication
Demining is a painstaking, dangerous job, with considerable mental and physical demands. So why would Akech Athieu do it without pay when the organisation that employed him ran out of money? (27 April 09)
Preparing a safe way home
It is sunset at Nimule Way Station. Four hundred and eleven returnees have just arrived from Uganda. They are not only at risk from mine and UXO accidents on their arrival home, but also on the journey back. (21 April 09)
International Mine Awareness Day in South Sudan
MAG marked the third International Landmine Awareness Day in southern Sudan with a series of interactive Mine Risk Education programmes across the region. (9 April 09)
Blog: Tukuls, mortars, mines, shells..... and a dik dik
"After the 20 minutes I wore Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to walk through the minefield, I was told, with authority, that I resembled a tomato. To wear PPE for six hours a day would reduce me to a soggy ratatouille. The respect I have for these guys who do this day in and day out is immense..." (7 April 09)
A dangerous surprise
MAG's Small Arms and Light Weapons team in South Sudan has destroyed 187 mortars and 37 rockets in Kudo Payam after local resident Lino John discovered them while attempting to dig a rat out of a trench. (24 March 09)
Living with danger
MAG's Mine Risk Education messages in Torit County enable returnees such as Esther Ato – who had been living at a refugee camp in Uganda for 24 years – to live and work safely. (13 January 09)
Safer land safer future
"I used to be scared when digging my land. I was scared I would hit something. There was an accident here and an explosion when a villager was digging in their field. Three people lost their lives." (2 December 08)
Assisting refugees' safe return to southern Sudan
"You have important safety information to pass on and we are glad that you thought we were important enough to not be discouraged by the journey, or weather, to make sure that we hear them. Thank you." – Samuel Odoma, Tororo resident. (29 October 08)
Responding to an accidental explosion
Nearly 4,000 different items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) were removed and destroyed by MAG following the accidental explosion of an SPLA (Sudan People's Liberation Army) store in Kegulu, Yei County. (25 September 08)
Land returned to Kapoeta community
MAG has formally handed back the final section of the 283,898 square-metred minefield surrounding the town of Kapoeta – the first barrier minefield to be fully cleared in southern Sudan since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. (16 September 08)
Audio: History made in Kapoeta
Listen to an interview with MAG's South Sudan Programme Manager on the historic clearance of the Kapoeta barrier minefield and its effects, from multimedia broadcaster Voice of America. (11 September 08)
Case study: A victim of UXO in Wau
A young girl found an unusual object lying in the ditch next to her home in Wau town, southern Sudan. Not realising it was dangerous she picked it up and showed it to her brother... (8 September 08)
Responding to the emergency needs of IDPs
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. (26 August 08)
Maximising impact in Juba
The collaboration between Community Liaison and technical teams is integral to MAG's activities in southern Sudan. (13 August 08)
Historic clearance of Kapoeta minefield completed
MAG has completed clearance of the deadly barrier minefield, which for many years has surrounded the town of Kapoeta in Eastern Equatoria and threatened the lives of its residents. (23 July 08)
More land returned in Kapoeta
The latest phase of MAG's work at the barrier minefield surrounding the southern town of Kapoeta has seen a further 85,523 square metres of land handed over to local authorities. (8 July 08)
Returning the land
"I am a man of dreams, and I now have an opportunity to do my
best to see some of them come true." So said James Lokuda, local school
principal attending the handover ceremony of land cleared by MAG
surrounding Kapoeta in South Sudan. (20 April 08)
Three Sudanese staff reach IMAS landmark
Matur Apach Mangwak reflects on becoming, along with two MAG colleagues, the first South Sudanese to attain IMAS (International Mine Action Standards) level three EOD (emergency ordnance disposal) certification. (19 February 08)
Saving lives in in Eastern Equatoria
Spend a week with MAG in southern Sudan, as Overseas Information Officer and Photographer Sean Sutton captures a snapshot of MAG's work. Read his diary here. (22 November 07)
In the wars
Independent producer Ruth Evans travelled through southern Sudan with BBC World Affairs correspondent Mike Wooldridge to witness MAG's work first hand. (2 September 07)
Safe Return Packs assist returnees
Targeted mine risk education at the Kapoeta UNHCR Way Station is enabling the safe travel, return and resettlement of refugees in the the Eastern Equatoria region. (23 August 07)
Historical day
“Today is one of the biggest days in the history of Kapoeta.” Mr Hillary Lokudo was speaking at a ceremony held to celebrate the handing over of cleared land. (15 August 07)
Clearing Small Arms & Light Weapons
The aim of MAG's Small Arms Light Weapons Project is to remove and destroy unsecured and abandoned weapons caches from along the border of southern Sudan. (12 April 06)
MRE for refugees
Camillo Lonyia's last memory of his youth in South Sudan is the morning he awoke in a hospital missing his right leg. (28 February 06)
Stay in the Tracks
MAG and our local Sudanese partner OSIL (Operation Save Innocent Lives) is implementing an innovative Mine Risk Education campaign called Stay in the Tracks. (1 August 05)
Kibodi village
MAG's Community Liaison team, funded by the US State Department's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, has been given much-needed Mine Risk Education in the village. (1 May 05)
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