Angola
New study on the socio-economic impact of anti-vehicle mines in Angola The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD), SIPRI and King’s College London (KCL) have released a new study on the socio-economic impact of anti-vehicle mines…
Uganda
May 2015 The GICHD has already conducted landmines and livelihoods surveys in Yemen, Afghanistan and a Community Safety, Livelihoods and Socio-economic Development in collaboration with Danish Demining Group (DDG) in Somaliland. Based on these experiences, the GICHD…
Mozambique
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Mozambique’s mine action programme has evolved through various stages of strategic planning. Although the size and scope of the programme have made planning a challenging undertaking, planning structures have gradually been shaped to make the…
Somalia
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report provides the findings of an extensive research exercise carried out in 12 communities in Somaliland in March 2013. The research aimed to determine: Whether there had been an improvement or deterioration in people’s perceived…
Mozambique
The GICHD held a Survey and Mapping Training in Gondola, Mozambique, from 20 to 26 September. The workshop was a joint collaboration between Mozambique’s National Demining Institute (Instituto Nacional de Desminagem - IND), the UNDP and…
Sudan + 1 more
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report gives an overview of the capacity development/transition process of the Sudan mine action programme (MAP), from its establishment in 2003 till 2011. Sudan’s landmine/ERW contamination stems from World War II, the first civil war…
Sudan
INTRODUCTION After two civil wars spanning almost fifty years, Southern Sudan is the recently created autonomous region of the Republic of Sudan. The ten states forming Southern Sudan cover a vast, generally sparsely populated area While there are no reliable…
Ethiopia
Executive Summary Ethiopia is one of the most mine-affected countries in Africa, with contamination stemming from a series of internal and international armed conflicts, including: - the Italian invasion and subsequent East Africa Campaigns (1935-1941), - the Ogaden war between Ethiopia and Somalia…
Sudan
On invitation of the Government of National Unity of the Republic of Sudan, a GICHD delegation visited Khartoum and Juba from 21 to 30 April 2006. The aim of the visit was to explore possibilities to support the Sudanese…
Burundi
From November 13th till November 26th IMSMA V4 was deployed and made ready for testing in the real world environment of the Mine Action Program in Burundi. This is the first time that V4 of IMSMA has been installed…