08/06/2023 Sudan del Sud
“If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”.
Over 5,000 people have been killed or injured by unexploded ordnances and land mines since 2004, according to the UN Mine Action Service. Eastern Equatoria’s Magwi county, near the border with Uganda, is one of the country’s most heavily mined areas. By the end of 2021, the state had the most areas contaminated with cluster munitions in the nation — 55 out of a total of 130 — according to Mine Action Review, who does global mine analysis. Mine-clearing experts from NGO Mines Advisory Group (MAG) are. James Dangasu, is the site supervisor in Ayii for MA: “Sometimes operations may stop for some days just because of the rain. Just now (as) I talk it’s the season of the rain and after maybe some two hours or three hours in the evening you’ll see that rain is coming here, which also sometimes jeopardizing with the operations at the site that can make people not operate.” “Also, the challenges is the streams. A lot of streams in South Sudan here. When you’re crossing to the operation also, sometimes you’ll be cut off with the water flow which cannot be crossed.” Eastern Equatoria county was also impacted by wars with Sudan and fighting with Ugandan rebel group LRA. For mine-clearing experts working with NGO MAG, this is not merely a job: it’s a mission. Landmines took the life of Monica Fekuriu Michael’s uncle. She wants the best for her compatriots who have started returning to the country after a five-year civil war. “I want to make this area very clean so that my fellow people from Uganda, from Kenya, from Congo, from Khartoum should come back to the South Sudan.” Mine-clearing experts expert visit remote villages for mine awareness training even though they face challenges. While a peace deal signed in 2018 is largely holding conflict between communities persists, making the context unpredictable to operate in. It’s also hard to work once the rainy season starts, usually between June and September. In Eastern Equatoria state, local authorities say thousands who fled the civil war to Uganda have started returning. In Pageri county, approximately 1,500 peo
A mortar found in a bush
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