Phnom Penh, Cambodia | Xinhua | Award-winning rat Magawa will retire this month after spending five years detecting landmines in Cambodia, a landmines detection charity APOPO said in a press release on Saturday. The African giant pouched rat was awarded in September 2020 a gold medal from British veterinary charity People’s …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two pieces of anti-tank landmines and more than 9,000 rounds of live ammunition have been recovered abandoned in Palabek Kal sub county, Lamwo district. The bombs were recovered on Monday by the Uganda Peoples Defense Force (UPDF) soldiers following a tip-off by farmers who were …
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Kano, Nigeria | AFP | Two people were killed when a convoy of civilian vehicles hit landmines in northeast Nigeria, a driver and a local militia member said on Wednesday. Babakura Kolo, from the Civilian Joint Task Force helping the military with security, said the blasts happened at Koibe village on …
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